Etymology

buckra

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Today it means: A white person. Full definition →

Efik mbakara ← Ibibio mbakara
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  1. Ibibio · borrowed frommbakara
  2. Efik · borrowed frommbakara
  3. English todaybuckra

From Efik mbakara or Ibibio mbakara; compare Gullah buckra (“white person”). Doublet of bakkra.

Words from the same roots

Efikmbakara all →

bakkra

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