sabir
noun
sa·bir
səˈbi(ə)r
plural -s
: a French-based pidgin language of North Africa
Word History
Etymology
French, from the word for "know" in a concocted lingua franca used by Molière †1673 French playwright in his comedy Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670) as the vehicle of a song (of which the first two lines are Se ti sabir, Ti respondir meaning "if you know, answer"), probably from Spanish saber to know