alabasta

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Yoruba

Etymology

From English alabaster.

Noun

alabástà

  1. Archaic spelling of alabásítà (alabaster).
    • 1879, “Ihin-rere Marku 14. 1.”, in Samuel Adjai Crowther, transl., Iwe Adura Yoruba, ati ti Is̩e̩-irans̩e̩ ti o sì ni Ilana mĩ ati Isìn-ilana, pe̩lu awo̩n Psalmu ti Dafidi, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 86:
      Nigbati o sì wà ni Betani ni ile Simon ade̩tè̩, bi o ti joo̩o tì onje̩, obiri kan ti o ni èba (oruba) alabasta turari tutù iyebiye pò̩, o wá, o sì fó̩ èba na, o sì ndà a si i lori.
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