"obia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Rhymes: -əʊbiə Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} obia (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of obeah. Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: obeah
    Sense id: en-obia-en-noun-XkDBYerv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 76 0 15 2 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 0 22 2 2 4

Adjective [Sranan Tongo]

IPA: /obia/, [ʊ̞bia̠], [ɔ̝biɑ̟]
Etymology: Possibly from Awutu obire (“charm”) and/or Efik ubio (“charm to cause sickness or death”). Cognate of Aukan obiya, Saramaccan obia, and English obeah. Etymology templates: {{der|srn|afu|obire|t=charm}} Awutu obire (“charm”), {{der|srn|efi|ubio|t=charm to cause sickness or death}} Efik ubio (“charm to cause sickness or death”), {{cog|djk|obiya}} Aukan obiya, {{cog|srm|obia}} Saramaccan obia, {{cog|en|obeah}} English obeah Head templates: {{head|srn|adjective}} obia
  1. magical
    Sense id: en-obia-srn-adj-DOLUxwh3

Noun [Sranan Tongo]

IPA: /obia/, [ʊ̞bia̠], [ɔ̝biɑ̟]
Etymology: Possibly from Awutu obire (“charm”) and/or Efik ubio (“charm to cause sickness or death”). Cognate of Aukan obiya, Saramaccan obia, and English obeah. Etymology templates: {{der|srn|afu|obire|t=charm}} Awutu obire (“charm”), {{der|srn|efi|ubio|t=charm to cause sickness or death}} Efik ubio (“charm to cause sickness or death”), {{cog|djk|obiya}} Aukan obiya, {{cog|srm|obia}} Saramaccan obia, {{cog|en|obeah}} English obeah Head templates: {{head|srn|noun}} obia
  1. a spirit that operates in a healing way
    Sense id: en-obia-srn-noun-ToouLX0b Categories (other): Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header, Occult Disambiguation of Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header: 3 74 4 4 15 Disambiguation of Occult: 9 19 35 8 29
  2. a magic medicine
    Sense id: en-obia-srn-noun-J6CEPWUy Categories (other): Occult Disambiguation of Occult: 9 19 35 8 29
  3. a charm
    Sense id: en-obia-srn-noun-KAIQHrVq

Verb [Sranan Tongo]

IPA: /obia/, [ʊ̞bia̠], [ɔ̝biɑ̟]
Etymology: Possibly from Awutu obire (“charm”) and/or Efik ubio (“charm to cause sickness or death”). Cognate of Aukan obiya, Saramaccan obia, and English obeah. Etymology templates: {{der|srn|afu|obire|t=charm}} Awutu obire (“charm”), {{der|srn|efi|ubio|t=charm to cause sickness or death}} Efik ubio (“charm to cause sickness or death”), {{cog|djk|obiya}} Aukan obiya, {{cog|srm|obia}} Saramaccan obia, {{cog|en|obeah}} English obeah Head templates: {{head|srn|verb}} obia
  1. to perform magic Derived forms: obia a no fu yu, no spiti na ini, obiaman
    Sense id: en-obia-srn-verb-PTHc0Y8Z Categories (other): Occult Disambiguation of Occult: 9 19 35 8 29
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.