Etymology

japa

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Today it means: to emigrate from a country for better pay or working conditions. Full definition →

Yoruba jápa ← Nigerian Pidgin japa
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The story

  1. Nigerian Pidgin · borrowed fromjapa
  2. Yoruba · borrowed fromjápa
  3. English todayjapa

Borrowed from Yoruba jápa and Nigerian Pidgin japa.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.