plaba

Krio

Etymology

From Portuguese palavra (“word”); compare English palaver.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plá.bà/

Noun

plábà

  1. argument, dispute, debate
    Nɔ̀ mêk plábà! ― Don’t cause trouble!
    Nà sô dì plábà stât. ― That’s how the drama started.
    Bîg plábà dɔ̀n kám bìtwîn dɛ̀n tû pípùl. ― A big argument broke out between those two people.

References

  1. ^ Fyle, Clifford N.; Jones, Eldred D. (1980), A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 292
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