oby
English
Noun
oby (plural obies)
- Archaic form of obeah.
References
- “oby”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
| Historical spellings | |
|---|---|
| VLB (1622) | obig |
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *oβɨ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈβɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: o‧by
Noun
oby (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute toby, R1 roby, R2 soby)
Adjective
oby (IIa class pluriform, R1 roby, R2 soby, noun form oby)
Declension
Declension of oby (IIa pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested. Most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
| Causative | mooby | |||||
| Deadjectivals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | sobyba'e | |||||
| -sab(a) | obŷaba / obysaba | |||||
| Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Adjectival forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | xe roby | nde roby | soby | oré roby | îandé roby | pe roby |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Permissive | ta xe roby | ta nde roby | ta soby | t'oré roby | t'îandé roby | ta pe roby |
| Negative indicative | na xe robyî | na nde robyî | na sobyî | n'oré robyî | n'îandé robyî | na pe robyî |
| Negative imperative | nde roby umẽ | pe roby umẽ | ||||
| Negative permissive | ta xe roby umẽ | ta nde roby umẽ | ta soby umẽ | t'oré roby umẽ | t'îandé roby umẽ | ta pe roby umẽ |
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe robyramo | nde robyramo | o obyramo | oré robyramo | îandé robyramo | pe robyramo |
| Negative | xe robye'ymamo | nde robye'ymamo | o obye'ymamo | oré robye'ymamo | îandé robye'ymamo | pe robye'ymamo |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | oby | |||||
| Negative | obye'yma | |||||
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe robyû2 | sobyû2 | oré robyû2 | îandé robyû2 | |||
| Negative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe robye'ymi2 | sobye'ymi2 | oré robye'ymi2 | îandé robye'ymi2 | |||
| 1South Tupi 2North Tupi | ||||||
Derived terms
See also
| Colors in Old Tupi (layout · text) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouns | piranga | îuba, tagûá (LGA) | oby | obyeté | obyûasu | *umbyka | morotinga, tinga | una, pyxuna (LGA) | tingaíba, pytanga / pyxanga |
| Adjectives | pirang | îub, tagûá (LGA) | *umbyk | moroting, ting | un, pyxun (LGA) | tingaíb, pytang / pyxang | |||
References
- anonymous author (1622), “Azul cousa [Blue thing]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 49: “Obig”
- anonymous author (1622), “Roxa cousa ser [Purple thing, to be]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 108: “Xerobig […] Çobig [Xe roby […] Soby]”
- anonymous author (1622), “Uerde na cor, ou cor uerde [Green-colored, or the color green]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 144: “Obig”
Further reading
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “oby”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 355, column 2
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.bɘ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔbɘ
- Syllabification: o‧by
Particle
oby
Declension
Combined forms of oby