obi (01_Asaxi Nouns (List))
obi
obi
Noun class (warm / cold)
Cold
- Reasoning: abstract spatial measure.
Pronunciation
IPA: /obi/
Semantic Field
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Translations
- English: nearness, vicinity, the near
- Polish: bliskość, pobliże
Example sentence
Daoŕo obi xiŕa. “The market is near.” (lit. The market is [in] nearness.)
Example Sentence 2
Ko ni onă hjinýj Pỏpỏ obi zèxogă. “She came close to the little Rabbit.”
Alternative Forms
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Etymology
o- (Proximal, o (proximal locative) (particle)) + bi (line, boundary) — “this side of the line.”
Synonyms
- o-gă (here, this place — related)
Antonyms
- kobi (farness)
Derived terms
- obinýj / obină (near, close) (potential)
Usage Note
Sense 2 (adverb). Bare obi floats in the pre-verbal manner slot, qualifying a motion or position verb (“close up, nearby”) without a case particle: obi zèŋawa (“crept quite close”), tëa xő obi zèmùxa (“hands clasped close round him”). First attested in Onă Gaksamipỏpỏ (The Velveteen Rabbit).