oby

English

Noun

oby (plural obies)

1. Archaic form of obeah.

References

• “oby”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• BYO, Y. O. B., Y.O.B., YOB, YoB, boy, byo, yob

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *oβɨ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔˈβ̞ɨ]
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: o‧by

Noun

oby (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute toby, R1 roby, R2 soby)

1. green

   Synonym: obyûasu

2. blue

   Synonym: obyeté

3. purple

   Synonym: *umbyka

Adjective

oby (IIa class pluriform, R1 roby, R2 soby, noun form oby)

1. green

   Synonym: obyûasu

2. blue

   Synonym: obyeté

3. purple

   Synonym: *umbyk

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

• esaoby
• ka'aoby
• obyeté
• obykanugûá
• obyûasu

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

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

Univerbation of o by.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bɘ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔbɘ
• Syllabification: o‧by

Particle

oby

1. hopefully, if only, let, may, had better

   Synonyms: bodaj, niech, niechaj

Declension

Combined forms of oby

	singular	plural
1st person	obym	obyśmy
2nd person	obyś	obyście
3rd person	oby	oby

Further reading

• oby in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oby in Polish dictionaries at PWN