búkà
noun
/bú.kà/
بُكَ (alternative)
Definitions
- A fast food restaurant or shop
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A type of pepper stew made in búkà restaurants
Similar wordsọbẹ̀ búkà
Etymology
From Hausa bukkā̀ (“hut”), from Songhay language, ultimately from Mandingo bùgú.
Used in
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
bukaEnglishbukaNigerian Pidgin
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “buka”.
Reference:
en-buka-yo-noun-vP~bUQjv