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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
- onion
References
Spanish
Noun
yabas f pl
- plural of yaba