yabas

Krio

Etymology

Borrowed from a language east of Sierra Leone, likely from Yoruba àlùbọ́sà, or Igbo yabasị. Perhaps also from Arabic الْبَصَلَة (al-baṣala), definite singulative of بَصَل (baṣal, “onion”).

Noun

yàbâs

  1. onion

References

Spanish

Noun

yabas f pl

  1. plural of yaba
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