obda

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obra.

Noun

obda

  1. work

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian obbidiri, ubbidiri and/or Italian obbedire, ubbidire, both from Latin oboedire. The Maltese imperfect tense looks like a native form, whence the Semitic (alternative) past participle. The regularisation of the past tense into *beda was hindered by the unrelated beda (“to begin”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔb.da/

Verb

obda (imperfect jobdi, past participle obdut or mobdi)

  1. to obey

Conjugation
    Conjugation of obda
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m obdejt obdejt obda obdejna obdejtu obdew
f obdiet
imperfect m nobdi tobdi jobdi nobdu tobdu jobdu
f tobdi
imperative obdi obdu
  • ubbidjent (obbedjent)
  • ubbidjenza (obbedjenza)
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