obi

See also: Obi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʊbi/
• Rhymes: -oʊbi

Etymology 1

From Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

Noun

obi (plural obi or obis)

1. A sash worn with a kimono.
   • 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, published 1998, page 29:

     The broad obi tied around her middle was orange and yellow. I'd never seen such elegant clothing.

   • 2001, Kikue Yamakawa, Kate Wildman Nakai, Women of the Mito Domain: Recollections of Samurai Family Life:

     They had known nothing of woolen cloth, but now the popularity of obi made of imported grogram spread like wildfire. This popularity produced various stories in its wake.

2. A strip of paper looped around a book or other product.

Translations

a kimono sash

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寬腰帶／宽腰带 (kuān yāodài) (no exact term exists)

• French: obi (fr) m
• Indonesian: obi (id)
• Japanese: 帯 (ja) (obi)
• Korean: 오비 (obi)
• Malay: obi (ms)
• Russian: о́би (ru) m (óbi)
• Vietnamese: dải lưng thêu

Etymology 2

Noun

obi (countable and uncountable, plural obis)

1. Alternative form of obeah

Anagrams

• BOI, Bio, Boi, IBO, IOB, Ibo, bio, bio-, bio., boi

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɔ.βi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɔ.bi]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan olbi, from Latin alveus.

Noun

obi m (plural obis)

1. trough (container for feeding or watering animals)

   Synonym: com

2. u-shaped valley, trough valley, glacial trough

   Synonym: com

Etymology 2

Noun

obi m (plural obis)

1. obi (sash worn with a kimono)

Further reading

• “obi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “obi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “obi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese ouvir. Cognate with Kabuverdianu obi.

Verb

obi

1. to hear

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈobi]
• Hyphenation: obi
• Rhymes: -bi

Etymology 1

Clipping and -i diminutive of objektív (“camera lens”).

Noun

obi (plural obik)

1. (photography, informal) camera lens, photographic lens, objective

   Synonyms: objektív, optika

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	obi	obik
accusative	obit	obikat
dative	obinak	obiknak
instrumental	obival	obikkal
causal-final	obiért	obikért
translative	obivá	obikká
terminative	obiig	obikig
essive-formal	obiként	obikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	obiban	obikban
superessive	obin	obikon
adessive	obinál	obiknál
illative	obiba	obikba
sublative	obira	obikra
allative	obihoz	obikhoz
elative	obiból	obikból
delative	obiról	obikról
ablative	obitól	obiktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	obié	obiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	obiéi	obikéi

Possessive forms of obi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	obim	obijaim (or obiim)
2nd person sing.	obid	obijaid (or obiid)
3rd person sing.	obija	obijai (or obii)
1st person plural	obink	obijaink (or obiink)
2nd person plural	obitok	obijaitok (or obiitok)
3rd person plural	obijuk	obijaik (or obiik)

Etymology 2

Ob (“[the river] Ob”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

obi (not comparable)

1. of, from, or related to the river Ob or its watershed

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	obi	obiak
accusative	obit	obiakat
dative	obinak	obiaknak
instrumental	obival	obiakkal
causal-final	obiért	obiakért
translative	obivá	obiakká
terminative	obiig	obiakig
essive-formal	obiként	obiakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	obiban	obiakban
superessive	obin	obiakon
adessive	obinál	obiaknál
illative	obiba	obiakba
sublative	obira	obiakra
allative	obihoz	obiakhoz
elative	obiból	obiakból
delative	obiról	obiakról
ablative	obitól	obiaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	obié	obiaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	obiéi	obiakéi

Derived terms

• obi-ugor

 

Further reading

• Ob-Ugric languages (Wikipedia)

Igbo

Noun

óbi

1. The heart, the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.
2. The location of feelings and intuitions.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.bi/
• Hyphenation: o‧bi

Noun

obi (first-person possessive obiku, second-person possessive obimu, third-person possessive obinya)

1. an obi (sash worn with a kimono)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bi/
• Rhymes: -ɔbi
• Hyphenation: ò‧bi

Noun

obi m (invariable)

1. an obi (sash worn with a kimono)

See also

• chimono

Further reading

• obi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -bio, bio, bio-

Japanese

Romanization

obi

1. Rōmaji transcription of おび

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• uví (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese ouvir.

Verb

obi

1. (Sotavento) hear
2. (Sotavento) listen
3. (Sotavento) obey

References

• Brüser, Martina, dos Reis Santos, André, Lang, Jürgen (2002) Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde) : com equivalentes de tradução em alemão e português / Wörterbuch des Kreols der Insel Santiago (Kapverde), →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Verb

obī

1. second-person singular active imperative of obeō

Mansaka

Etymology

From ubi.

Noun

obi

1. yam

Polish

obi

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 帯.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔbi
• Syllabification: o‧bi

Noun

obi n (indeclinable)

1. obi (sash worn with a kimono)

Further reading

• obi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• obi in PWN's encyclopedia

Volapük

Pronoun

obi

1. (accusative singular of ob) me
   • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:

     Ramenolös vabi, plidö! ad blinön obi lü stajon!

     Call a cab, please, to take me to the station.

   • 1940, “Pro yunanef Nedänik”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 38:

     Äsagom obe, das övisitom obi.

     He told me that he would visit me.

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese 帯 (obi, “obi; sash worn with kimono”).

Noun

obi

1. belt (clothing)

References

• 真田信治 [Shinji Sanada] (2015) “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて [On the sound substitution of Yilan Creole]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2]

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bí (“to give birth to”), literally “That who gives birth”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ò.bí/

Noun

òbí

1. (usually in the plural) parent

Etymology 2

Olóbì pẹ̀lú obì rẹ̀

Cognate with Itsekiri óbì, Igala óbì. Possible cognates include Nupe ebì, Aghem ébiá. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-bì. A common folk etymology used in traditional prayers identifies it as from o- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ bì (“to remove, to spue”), literally “That which removes (impurities)”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ō.bì/

Noun

obì

1. kola nut

Derived terms

• olóbì

Related terms

• orógbó