Meaning

1 senses

  1. To bewitch using this kind of folk magic.

Origin

Uncertain; apparently from a Caribbean creole, probably ultimately from a West African lan

Uncertain; apparently from a Caribbean creole, probably ultimately from a West African language. The Oxford English Dictionary points to Igbo abià (“knowledge, wisdom”), obìa (“doctor, healer”). Cognate of Aukan obiya, Saramaccan obia, and Sranan Tongo obia.

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Forms

obeahs, obeahing, obeahed, obeahed
Base formobeah · to obeah
3rd person singularobeahs
Present participleobeahing
Past simpleobeahed
Past participleobeahed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyobeah
he, she, itobeahs

Past simpleLesson

all personsobeahed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave obeahed
he, she, ithas obeahed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill obeah

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
oathB2oatmealobedienceB2obedientB2obediently
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