yaps

English

Noun

yaps

  1. plural of yap

Verb

yaps

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yap

Anagrams

Cypriot Arabic

Root
y-b-s
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic يَبْس (yabs).

Noun

yaps m

  1. aridity
  2. drying, draining, dripping
    l-lupkye pitrí yaps. ― the string beans have to be drained.

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 472
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