buka

  1. noun: A restaurant where cheap food is sold.
    • I dey go buka. I want buy rice and beans.
      • I am going to the local eatery. I want to buy rice and beans.
    • Dem get plenti food wey sweet for dat buka.
      • They have lots of delicious food at that restaurant.
    • Make we stop for Mama Uche buka, chop pounded yam and egusi soup.
      • Let’s stop at Mama Uche’s restaurant to eat pounded yam and egusi soup.

Etymology

From the Yoruba búkà which means hut or market stall, and from the Hausa búkkàa which means grass shed or hut.

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