loba

loba

1. third-person singular past historic of lober

• labo

• IPA^(key): /ˈloba/ [ˈlo.β̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Hyphenation: lo‧ba

loba f (plural lobas)

1. female equivalent of lobo

From Sanskrit लोभ (lobha).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈloba/ [ˈlo.ba]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: lo‧ba

loba

1. greedy

   Synonyms: tamak, serakah

• bola

Borrowed from Russian лоб (lob).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlobɑ/, [ˈɫo̞bɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlobɑ/, [ˈɫo̞b̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -obɑ
• Hyphenation: lo‧ba

loba

1. synonym of otsakeero

Declension of loba (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	loba	lobat
genitive	loban	lobbiin
partitive	lobbaa	lobbia
illative	lobbaa	lobbii
inessive	lobas	lobis
elative	lobast	lobist
allative	loballe	lobille
adessive	lobal	lobil
ablative	lobalt	lobilt
translative	lobaks	lobiks
essive	lobanna, lobbaan	lobinna, lobbiin
exessive1)	lobant	lobint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790), “лоба”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 271

loba

1. to fish

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɔba]
• Hyphenation: lo‧ba

loba

1. inflection of lobs:
   1. indefinite genitive singular masculine
   2. indefinite nominative singular feminine

• Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

Mentioned by Pliny; from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “pod, lobe of fruit”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɔ.ba]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɔː.ba]

loba f (genitive lobae); first declension

1. straw of Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor)
2. nightshade

First-declension noun.

• “loba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "loba", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “loba”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

loba

1. colors and markings on animal fur

-loba (infinitive koloba)

1. to speak; to say

loba

1. to fish

loba

1. night

• The Eastern Bird's Head languages compared, in Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002)

Inherited from Latin lupa.

• lôba (pre-reform spelling)

• Hyphenation: lo‧ba

loba f (plural lobas)

1. female equivalent of lobo, a she-wolf
2. (derogatory slang) a bitch, a slut: a sexually promiscuous woman

Borrowed from French l'aube, from Ecclesiastical Latin alba.

• Hyphenation: lo‧ba

loba f (plural lobas)

1. (archaic, ecclesiastical) alb (a wide cassock worn by clergy)

• “loba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “loba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “loba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “loba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French lober.

a loba (third-person singular present lobează, past participle lobat) 1st conjugation

1. (tennis, soccer) to lob

Inherited from Latin lupa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈloba/ [ˈlo.β̞a]

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• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: lo‧ba

loba f (plural lobas)

1. female equivalent of lobo, a she-wolf
2. (slang) fox (attractive woman)
   • 2023, “BZRP Music Sessions #53”, performed by Shakira:

     Una loba como yo no está para novatos / una loba como yo no está pa' tipos como tú

     A she-wolf like me isn't for rookies / a she-wolf like me isn't for guys like you

3. (slang) bitch (prostitute)

• “loba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “greed, covetousness”)

loba (Sundanese script ᮜᮧᮘ)

1. many; much

• "LOBA", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

loba

1. that over there, yonder; class 14 remote demonstrative.

Borrowed from Russian лоб (lob).

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈlobɑ/, [ˈɫobɑ]
• Rhymes: -obɑ
• Hyphenation: lo‧ba

loba

1. forehead

Declension of loba (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	loba	lobad
genitive	loba	lobojõ, loboi
partitive	lobba	loboitõ, loboi
illative	lobbasõ, lobba	loboisõ
inessive	lobaz	loboiz
elative	lobassõ	loboissõ
allative	lobalõ	loboilõ
adessive	loballõ	loboillõ
ablative	lobaltõ	loboiltõ
translative	lobassi	loboissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “loba”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

From Proto-Bantu *-dóba (“to fish”).

-lôba

1. to fish

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

IPA^(key): /loːɓa/

-lóba

1. to write
2. to cut ornamental incisions, tattoo, draw ornamental figures, carve patterns

• umlobi

From Proto-Bantu *-dóba (“to fish”).

IPA^(key): /loːɓa/

-lôba

1. to fish

• -doba

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “loɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “loɓa (3.9)”