bukan.
/ˈbuːkɑː/, U.S. /ˈbuˌkɑ/, West African English /ˈbuka/ Nigerian English.
A roadside restaurant or street stall with a seating area, selling cooked food at low prices. Cf. bukateria n., mama put n. Frequently as a modifier, as in buka food.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > other eating-houses
ordinary1590
chop-house1699
porterhouse?1730
steak house1762
beef-house1807
rotisserie1825
fish-shop1826
supper tavern1841
supper house1855
supper room1858
grill-room1883
teetotum1891
grill1896
bar and grill1903
corner-house1912
bistro1922
roadhouse1922
hot doggery1923
rosticceria1930
dinette1940
British Restaurant1941
drive-through1949
drive-up1956
sobaya1958
carvery1962
ouzeri1964
crêperie1967
steak restaurant1970
sushiya1970
steak bar1971
buka1972
kopitiam1979
bukateria1980
churrascaria1981
parrilla1981
Indian1982
theme pub1983
parrillada1984
restobar1992
1972 K. Omotoso Combat 23 When they had finished reading the paper, they went down to a buka and had a big breakfast of eko and akara.
1991 B. Okri Famished Road (1992) ii. viii.146 But the only thing he did..was go into a bukka, put away a great bowl of pounded yam.
2009 @bellanaija 16 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 16 July 2019) Buka food was tastier than home made..at least for me.
2017 @EzendiNwanyi 15 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 6 Feb. 2019) I really can't wait to take Muyiwa to Lagos and show him my former life. Take him to the joints and bukas.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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