The story
- Yoruba · derived fromwàrà“milk”
- English todaywagasi
*A term used among some ethnic groups in northern Benin to describe a locally made cheese. Ultimately from Yoruba wàrà (“milk”) + kàṣì (“to become sour, to mold, to become stale”). "Sour milk."
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.