Yaba

== Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === From Akan [Term?]. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jaba/, [ja̠ba̠], [jɑ̟bɑ̟] === Proper noun === Yaba a female given name from Akan, masculine equivalent Yaw, given to a female born on a Thursday == Ternate == === Etymology === Compare Fordata Yabun, Muna Ambo, Malay Ambon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈja.ba/ === Proper noun === Yaba (Jawi يابة) Ambon (an island of Moluccas, North Maluku, Indonesia) kaha Yaba ― the land (of) Ambon gura mangofa Yaba ― the island (of) Ambon === References === Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh