Yabim

noun

Ya·​bim

variants or Jabim

ˈyäbə̇m

plural Yabim or Yabims or Jabim or Jabims

1

a

: a Melanesian people of Morobe, Papua New Guinea

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Yabim people

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