tobe

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /təʊb/ === Noun === tobe (plural tobes) A cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa. === Anagrams === Beto, Tebo, beot, boet, bote == Alemannic German == === Alternative forms === töbe (Bern) === Etymology === From Middle High German toben, from Old High German tobēn, tobōn from Proto-West Germanic *dobēn. Cognate with German toben, Middle Low German dōven. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtob̥ə/ === Verb === tobe (third-person singular simple present tobet, past participle tobet, auxiliary haa) to rage, rave, rampage (of a child, a person) to bluster, rampage (of a wind, the weather) == Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic [Term?], probably onomatopoeic (compare dialectal Finnish topo). See also tobi, töbi, topakas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtob̥e/, [ˈtob̥e̞] Rhymes: -obe Hyphenation: to‧be === Adjective === tobe (genitive tobeda, partitive tobedat, comparative tobedam, superlative kõige tobedam or tobedaim) unintelligent, ignorant, foolish, stupid, dumb; simple-minded, inexperienced silly, dumb, unreasonable tobe küsimus ― a silly question ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tobedus tobedalt ==== See also ==== tobu === References === tobe in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “tobe”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === tobe inflection of toben: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative