- noun: A restaurant where cheap food is sold.
- I dey gó buka. I want buy rice and beans.
- I am going to the local eatery. I want to buy rice and beans.
- Dem get plenty food wey sweet for dat buka.
- They have lots of delicious food at that restaurant.
- Mek 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.
- I dey gó buka. I want buy rice and beans.
Etymology
From the Yoruba búkà which means hut or market stall, and from the Hausa búkkàa which means grass shed or hut.