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obi en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈoʊbi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).

Meanings

1. A sash worn with a kimono.
   • The broad obi tied around her middle was orange and yellow. I'd never seen such elegant clothing. 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, published 1998, page 29:
   • They had known nothing of woolen cloth, but now the popularity of obi made of imported grogram spread like wildfire. This popularity produced various stories in its wake. 2001, Kikue Yamakawa, Kate Wildman Nakai, Women of the Mito Domain: Recollections of Samurai Family Life:
2. A strip of paper looped around a book or other product.

Forms

Translations (11)

id obi (a kimono sash) · ru о́би (a kimono sash) · cmn 腰封 (a strip of paper) · cmn 書腰 /书腰 (a strip of paper) · ms obi (a kimono sash) · vi dải lưng thêu (a kimono sash) · fr obi (a kimono sash) · ja 帯 (a kimono sash) · cmn 寬腰帶 /宽腰带 (a kimono sash) · pt obi (a kimono sash) · ko 오비 (a kimono sash)

obi en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈoʊbi/

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of obeah.
   alt of obeah

Forms

Deriveds

obiism