obda

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obra.

Noun

obda

1. work

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian obbidiri, ubbidiri and/or Italian obbedire, ubbidire, both from Latin oboedire. The Maltese imperfect tense looks like a native form, whence the Semitic (alternative) past participle. The regularisation of the past tense into *beda was hindered by the unrelated beda (“to begin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔb.da/
• Rhymes: -ɔbda

Verb

obda (imperfect jobdi, past participle obdut or mobdi)

1. to obey

Conjugation

Conjugation of obda (i-type unadapted loan)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	obdejt	obdejt	obda	obdejna	obdejtu	obdew
	f			obdiet
imperfect	m	nobdi	tobdi	jobdi	nobdu	tobdu	jobdu
	f			tobdi
imperative			obdi			obdu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	obdejtx	obdejtx	obda	obdejniex	obdejtux	obdewx
	f			obdietx
imperfect	m	nobdix	tobdix	jobdix	nobdux	tobdux	jobdux
	f			tobdix
imperative			tobdix			tobdux

Related terms

• ubbidjent (obbedjent)
• ubbidjenza (obbedjenza)