yabber

[ yab-er ]

nounAustralian.

Origin of yabber

1
First recorded in 1870–75; perhaps alteration, by association with jabber, of a word based on ya- “speak, talk,” in Gabi (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Maryborough district, southern Queensland)

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British Dictionary definitions for yabber

yabber

/ (ˈjæbə) informal, mainly Australian /


verb
  1. (intr) to talk or jabber

noun
  1. talk or jabber

Origin of yabber

1
C19: from a native Australian language yabba talk, probably influenced by jabber

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