boba

== English == === Etymology === From Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “tapioca pearls” [literally: “big balls]”), from 波 (bo1) (itself from English ball) and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.bə/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊ.bə/ === Noun === boba (countable and uncountable, plural bobas) Synonym of tapioca pearl. Ellipsis of boba tea. (colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:breasts === See also === === References === “boba, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. === Anagrams === abob, boab == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Noun === boba (plural boba dem, quantified boba) clothes == Gagauz == === Alternative forms === buba === Etymology === Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish ببا (baba), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Turkish baba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boˈbɑ/ Hyphenation: bo‧ba === Noun === boba (definite accusative bobayı, plural bobalar, diminutive bobacık) father axle ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === Ciachir, Mihail (1938), “boba”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “boba”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN == Indonesian == === Etymology === From English boba. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈboba/ [ˈbo.ba] Rhymes: -oba Syllabification: bo‧ba === Noun === boba (plural boba-boba) (cooking) boba === Further reading === “boba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Alternative forms === bobba, bobbia === Etymology === Perhaps of Slavic origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ba/ Rhymes: -ɔba Hyphenation: bò‧ba === Noun === boba f (plural bobe) slime, slush Synonyms: melma, poltiglia pigswill, slop Synonyms: brodaglia, sbobba (figurative) verbose, nonsensical writing === Further reading === boba2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Japanese == === Romanization === boba Rōmaji transcription of ぼば == Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”). === Noun === bóba f stress pattern 1 old woman woman wife (colloquial, derogatory) wuss Synonym: bobinykas === References === Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32 “boba”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012 == Livvi == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbobɑ/ Hyphenation: bo‧ba Rhymes: -obɑ === Noun === boba toy flower ==== Declension ==== === References === Tatjana Boiko (2019), “boba”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 26 == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ba/ Rhymes: -ɔba Syllabification: bo‧ba === Noun === boba genitive singular of bob nominative dual of bob accusative dual of bob == Polish == === Pronunciation === (Greater Poland): (Central Greater Poland) IPA(key): [ˈbɔ.ba] === Noun === boba f (Central Greater Poland, Września County) alternative form of baba (“winter cap”) (men's winter hat of medium height, made of cloth, navy blue, with a bottom sometimes in a square shape, with a gray or black lambskin around it) (Poznań) alternative form of baba (“cap”) === Further reading === Jan Karłowicz (1900), “baba”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 27 Waldemar Wierzba (2013), “boba”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 28 Monika Gruchmanowa, Bogdan Walczak, editors (1997), “boba”, in Słownik gwary miejskiej Poznania, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -obɐ Hyphenation: bo‧ba === Adjective === boba feminine singular of bobo == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === boba (Cyrillic spelling боба) genitive singular of bob == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboba/ [ˈbo.β̞a] Rhymes: -oba Syllabification: bo‧ba === Etymology 1 === See bobo. ==== Adjective ==== boba feminine singular of bobo ==== Noun ==== boba female equivalent of bobo === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English boba, ultimately from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbouba/ [ˈbou̯.β̞a] Rhymes: -ouba ==== Noun ==== boba m (plural bobas) synonym of perlas de tapioca (“tapioca pearls”) short for té de boba (“boba tea”) === Further reading === “boba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish boba. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈboba/ [ˈboː.bɐ] Rhymes: -oba Syllabification: bo‧ba === Adjective === boba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊ) feminine of bobo: stupid; dumb === Noun === boba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊ) female equivalent of bobo: stupid woman; foolish woman == West Makian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbo.ba/ === Verb === boba (stative) to call, summon boba ti baba ― call your father ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== buba === References === Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[4], Pacific linguistics