yanga

Possibly from or related to nyanga, from Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”). Possibly influenced by Spanish yanga (“carelessly; without necessity”). Compare Proto-Bantu *-yȧng- (“dance in joy”) and Kongo -yangalala (“be happy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaŋɡa/

yanga (plural: yanga dem or yangas dem, quantified: yanga)

1. A dance with a fast rhythm.

yanga

1. To walk or dance provocatively.

• Cassidy, Frederic Gomes; Le Page, Robert Brock, editors (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 484

yánga

1. type of earthen jar used to store rice for making busa.

yangá

1. flowerpot

• masetera
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