obi
Multiple Entries:obi obeah
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obi1 /ˈəʊbi/
▶noun variant form of obeah.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obi2 /ˈəʊbi/
▶noun (pl. obis) a broad sash worn round the waist of a Japanese kimono.
– origin Japanese, lit. ‘belt’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obeah /ˈəʊbɪə/ (also obi /ˈəʊbi/)
▶noun a kind of sorcery practised especially in the Caribbean.
– origin Akan, from bayi ‘sorcery’.
'obi' also found in these Oxford entries:
