obe

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obe (plural obes)

1. (historical) A particular subdivision of ancient Laconia.
   • 1890, Sir William Smith, William Wayte, George Eden Marindin, A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities‎, volume 1, page 905:

     It is probably that the τριακάδες represented ultimate division of the people, like the γένη of Attica; but it is difficult to see how such generic divisions could have born any relation to the local division of the obe.

obe (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of obeah.

• BEO, BOE, BoE, Boe, EOB, OEB

obe

1. (Austria, informal) up, off

   Seds schön obe? I liag no im Bettle und bin no holb am schlofn.

   Are you already awake? I'm still lying in bed, half asleep.

   (literally, “Are you already up? I'm still lying in the little bed and am still half asleep.”)

obe

1. (Auve) tree

• Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne‎ (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 110

obé (plural obé)

1. bad

   Antonym: odzɔ́

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

• (Ijekavian): ȍbje

• IPA^(key): /ôbe/
• Hyphenation: o‧be

ȍbe f (Cyrillic spelling о̏бе)

1. both (for feminine pairs)

• ȍba (for masculine and neuter pairs)
• ȍboje (for mixed pairs)

obe

1. (dative singular of ob) to me