# loba
## French
### Verb

loba
* third-person singular past historic of lober

### Anagrams

* labo

## Galician
### Noun

loba f (plural lobas)
* female equivalent of lobo

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Sanskrit लोभ (lobha).

### Adjective

loba
* greedy
    Synonyms: tamak, serakah

#### Derived terms

* kelobaan (“greed”)

### Anagrams

* bola

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лоб (lob).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈlobɑ/, [ˈɫo̞bɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈlobɑ/, [ˈɫo̞b̥ɑ]
* Rhymes: -obɑ
* Hyphenation: lo‧ba

### Noun

loba
* Synonym of otsakeero

#### Declension
### References

* Fedor Tumansky (1790) “лоба”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 271

## Kituba
### Verb

loba
* to fish

## Latgalian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɔba]
* Hyphenation: lo‧ba

### Adjective

loba
* inflection of lobs:
** indefinite genitive singular masculine
** indefinite nominative singular feminine

### References

* Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

## Latin
### Etymology

Mentioned by Pliny; from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “pod, lobe of fruit”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈlo.ba/, [ˈɫ̪ɔbä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈlo.ba/, [ˈlɔːbä]

### Noun

loba f (genitive lobae); first declension
* straw of Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor)
* nightshade

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “loba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "loba", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* loba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Lindu
### Noun

loba
* colors and markings on animal fur

## Lingala
### Verb

-loba (infinitive koloba)
* to speak; to say

#### Derived terms

* bolobeli
* bolobi
* bolobisi
* elobáloba
* elobami
* elobélá
* elobela
* elobeli
* elobisela
* elobiseli
* elobisi
* liloba
* lilobeli
* lobaloba
* lobana
* lobela
* lobelana
* lobisa
* lobisama
* lobisana
* loloba
* molobeli
* molobi
* molobisi
* ndobapɛ́
* ndobela

## Luba-Kasai
### Verb

loba
* to fish

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin lupa.

#### Alternative forms

* lôba (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlo.bɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlo.bɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈlo.ba/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlo.bɐ/ [ˈlo.βɐ]
* Hyphenation: lo‧ba

#### Noun

loba f (plural lobas)
* female equivalent of lobo, a she-wolf
* (derogatory slang) a bitch, a slut: a sexually promiscuous woman

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French l’aube, from Ecclesiastical Latin alba.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlɔ.bɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlɔ.bɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈlɔ.ba/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɔ.bɐ/ [ˈlɔ.βɐ]
* Hyphenation: lo‧ba

#### Noun

loba f (plural lobas)
* (archaic, ecclesiastical) alb (a wide cassock worn by clergy)

### Further reading

* “loba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “loba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “loba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “loba”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French lober.

### Verb

a loba (third-person singular present lobează, past participle lobat) 1st conjugation
* (tennis, soccer) to lob

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin lupa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈloba/ [ˈlo.β̞a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oba
* Syllabification: lo‧ba

### Noun

loba f (plural lobas)
* female equivalent of lobo, a she-wolf
* (slang) fox (attractive woman)
** 2023, “BZRP Music Sessions #53”, performed by Shakira:Una loba como yo no está para novatos / una loba como yo no está pa' tipos como túA she-wolf like me isn't for rookies / a she-wolf like me isn't for guys like you
* (slang) bitch (prostitute)

### Further reading

* “loba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “greed, covetousness”)

### Adverb

loba (Sundanese script ᮜᮧᮘ)
* many; much

### Further reading

* "LOBA", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

## Swazi
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronoun

loba
* that over there, yonder; class 14 remote demonstrative.

## Votic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лоб (lob).

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈlobɑ/, [ˈɫobɑ]
* Rhymes: -obɑ
* Hyphenation: lo‧ba

### Noun

loba
* forehead

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “loba”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóba (“to fish”).

### Verb

-lôba
* to fish

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /loːɓa/

#### Verb

-lóba
* to write
* to cut ornamental incisions, tattoo, draw ornamental figures, carve patterns

##### Derived terms

* umlobi

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-dóba (“to fish”).

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /loːɓa/

#### Verb

-lôba
* to fish

##### Related terms

* -doba

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “loɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “loɓa (3.9)”