yab

  1. verb: To tease or make fun of someone, usually in a playful or lighthearted way.
    • Guy no yab me. Na question I dey ask.
      • Man, don’t mock me. I’m just asking a question.
    • So becos yu see me now, yu kon dey yab me.
      • So you’re mocking me just because you saw me.
    • If we bin win di game, dem no for dey yab us like dis.
      • If we had won the game, they wouldn’t have been mocking us like this.

Etymology

From the Afar word yaabé, meaning to speak.

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