# obi
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoʊbi/
* Rhymes: -oʊbi

### Etymology 1

From Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

#### Noun

obi (plural obi or obis)
* 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.
* A strip of paper looped around a book or other product.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

obi (countable and uncountable, plural obis)
* Alternative form of obeah

### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈɔ.βi]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɔ.bi]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan olbi, from Latin alveus.

#### Noun

obi m (plural obis)
* trough (container for feeding or watering animals)
    Synonym: com
* u-shaped valley, trough valley, glacial trough
    Synonym: com

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

obi m (plural obis)
* 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, 2025
* “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
* to hear

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈobi]
* Hyphenation: obi
* Rhymes: -bi

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

obi (plural obik)
* (photography, informal) camera lens, photographic lens, objective
    Synonyms: objektív, optika

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

obi (not comparable)
* of, from, or related to the river Ob or its watershed

##### Derived terms

* obi-ugor

### Further reading

* Ob-Ugric languages (Wikipedia)

## Igbo
### Noun

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

### References

* ↑ “obi | What does "obi" mean in Igbo? - Igbotique - Audio Igbo Dictionary”, in www.igbotique.com‎ (in Igbo), 2021 March 24 (last accessed)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o.bi/
* Hyphenation: o‧bi

### Noun

obi (uncountable)
* an obi (sash worn with a kimono)

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.bi/
* Rhymes: -ɔbi
* Hyphenation: ò‧bi

### Noun

obi m (invariable)
* 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
* Rōmaji transcription of おび

## Kabuverdianu
### Alternative forms

* uví (Barlavento)

### Etymology

From Portuguese ouvir.

### Verb

obi
* (Sotavento) hear
* (Sotavento) listen
* (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
* second-person singular active imperative of obeō

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From ubi.

### Noun

obi
* yam

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 帯.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.bi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔbi
* Syllabification: o‧bi

### Noun

obi n (indeclinable)
* obi (sash worn with a kimono)

### Further reading

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

## Volapük
### Pronoun

obi
* (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
* 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)‎

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /ò.bí/

#### Noun

òbí
* (usually in the plural) parent

### Etymology 2

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: /ō.bì/

#### Noun

obì
* kola nut

##### Derived terms

* olóbì

##### Related terms

* orógbó