buka

  1. noun: Na restaurant wer dem dey sell cheap food.
    • I dey go buka. I want buy rice and beans.
    • Dem get plenti food wey sweet for dat buka.
    • Make we stop for Mama Uche buka, chop pounded yam and egusi soup.

Etymology

E come from di Yoruba word búkà wey mean hut or market stall, and from di Hausa word búkkàa wey mean grass shed or hut.

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