boba
English
editEtymology
editFrom the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”), from 波 (bo1) transcribing English ball and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.bə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊ.bə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editboba (countable and uncountable, plural bobas)
- Synonym of tapioca pearl.
- 2024 September 16, Priya Krishna, “The Customized Drink Is Out of Control”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- She settled on the Chai Frappé Burst, a frozen, blended concoction with whipped cream, boba and cinnamon sugar sprinkles.
- Ellipsis of boba tea.
- 2021 April 16, Kellen Browning, “Another Unlikely Pandemic Shortage: Boba Tea”, in The New York Times[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- “I was shocked,” said Leanne Yuen, a longtime boba drinker and a student at the University of California, Irvine. “What am I going to do now?”
See also
editReferences
edit- “boba, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.
Anagrams
editGagauz
editNoun
editboba
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom English boba, from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”), from 波 (bo1) transcribing English ball and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editboba (plural)
Further reading
edit- “boba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPerhaps of Slavic origin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editboba f (plural bobe)
Further reading
edit- boba2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Japanese
editRomanization
editboba
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”).
Noun
editbóba f stress pattern 1
References
edit- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32
- “boba”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Livvi
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editboba
Declension
editDeclension of boba (Type 2/boba, b-v gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | boba | bovat |
genitive | bovan | boviin |
partitive | bobua | bobii |
illative | bobah | bobiih |
inessive | bovas | boviis |
elative | bovaspäi | boviispäi |
allative | bovale | boviile |
adessive | boval | boviil |
ablative | bovalpäi | boviilpäi |
translative | bovakse | boviikse |
essive | bovannu | boviinnu |
abessive | bovattah | boviittah |
comitative | bovanke | boviinke |
instructive | boviin | |
prolative | bovači |
References
edit- Tatjana Boiko (2019) “boba”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 26
Lower Sorbian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editboba
- genitive singular of bob
- nominative dual of bob
- accusative dual of bob
Portuguese
editAdjective
editboba
Serbo-Croatian
editNoun
editboba (Cyrillic spelling боба)
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editSee bobo.
Adjective
editboba
Noun
editboba
- female equivalent of bobo
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from English boba, ultimately from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”).
Noun
editboba m (plural bobas)
- Synonym of perlas de tapioca
- Short for té de boba.
- ¿Podemos tomar otro boba?
- Can we have another boba?
Further reading
edit“boba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Tagalog
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈboba/ [ˈboː.bɐ]
- Rhymes: -oba
- Syllabification: bo‧ba
Adjective
editboba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊ)
- feminine of bobo: stupid; dumb
- 2020, Jan Milo Severo, “'It's so fake': Vivian Velez goes viral for comparing Robredo's look to Miss Tapia”, in The Philippine Star[3]:
- "Obviously, they want to make her look smarter (kasi nga boba) with those glasses on and books on the table, not to mention the color choice of her outfit. Ano 'to, shooting? Playing 'the president' daw sya?" she added.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
editboba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊ)
West Makian
editPronunciation
editVerb
editboba
Conjugation
editConjugation of boba (stative verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tiboba | miboba | aboba | |
2nd person | niboba | fiboba | ||
3rd person | inanimate | iboba | diboba | |
animate | maboba | |||
imperative | —, boba | —, boba |
Alternative forms
editReferences
edit- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[4], Pacific linguistics
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔba
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- Rhymes:Livvi/obɑ
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- olo:Recreation
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- Rhymes:Spanish/oba
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/oba
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