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Where does “àlùbọ́sà” come from?
àlùbọ́sà (Yoruba) comes from Hausa albasa, from Arabic بَصَل — onions.
àlùbọ́sà
(Yoruba): onion
Definitions
onion
Ancestry of “àlùbọ́sà”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hausa
albasa
onion
2
Arabic
بَصَل
onions
Words derived from “àlùbọ́sà”
yabas
alubọsa elewe
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