coba

• cuba (nonstandard Indonesian, Standard Malay)
• tjoba (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

From Malay cuba, coba, from Classical Malay چوبا (cuba), چوبا (coba), ultimately from Sanskrit [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoba/
• Hyphenation: co‧ba

coba

1. to try
   1. To taste, sample, etc.

• “coba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Malay coba (“to try, test”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈcoba/, [ˈcço.ba]
• Hyphenation: co‧ba

coba (Lontara speeling ᨌᨚᨅ)

1. if (supposing that)

   Synonym: kaʼdeʼ

   Coba kuasseng angkana anunnu, anngallejaʼ

   If I had known it was yours, I would have taken it.

coba (Lontara spelling ᨌᨚᨅ, semi-transitive accoba)

1. (transitive) to try, taste, test (e.g., to check if something is good or ready).

   Cobasài bedeng anne soka ― Taste this soup.

2. (transitive) to put to the test or challenge.

• soʼri

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI

coba f (plural cobas)

1. smarminess; cajolery
2. fib; trick

• “coba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

From Malay coba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃo.ba/

coba

1. if

   Synonyms: kalau, toi

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics