obia

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

obia (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of obeah

Anagrams

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Possibly from Awutu obire (“charm”) and/or Efik ubio (“charm to cause sickness or death”).[1] Cognate of Aukan obiya, Saramaccan obia, and English obeah.

Adjective

obia

  1. magical

Noun

obia

  1. a spirit that operates in a healing way
  2. a magic medicine
  3. a charm
    • 1977, Happy Boys (lyrics and music), “Veanti”, in Akoeba:
      Dan den poti den wisi fu kiri mi / Èn den poti den obia fu broko mi / Ma den lei, den no sa man
      They even arranged charms to kill me / And they arranged charms to break me / But they're lying, they won't be able to

Verb

obia

  1. to perform magic

Derived terms

References
  1. G. Huttar (1985) “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide‎, →ISSN, page 59
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