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Webster 1913 Edition

Obi

O′bi

,
Noun.
[Prob. of African origin.]
1.
A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies.
[Written also
obe
and
obeah
.]
De Quincey.
B. Edwards.
2.
A charm or fetich.
[West Indies]
B. Edwards.

Definition 2024

obi

obi

English

Noun

obi ‎(plural obi)

  1. A sash worn with a kimono.
    • 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha (Vintage 1998, p. 29)
      The broad obi tied around her middle was orange and yellow. I'd never seen such elegant clothing.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

obi ‎(countable and uncountable, plural obis)

  1. Alternative form of obeah

Etymology 3

Noun

obi ‎(uncountable)

  1. A strip of paper looped around a book or other product.

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

obi

  1. rōmaji reading of おび

Latin

Verb

obī

  1. second-person singular active imperative of obeō

Volapük

Pronoun

obi

  1. (accusative singular of ob) me

Etymology

From Japanese 帯, おび.

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