plaba, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

plaba n.

also

[Carib.E. plaba, a stew, but note palaver n. (6)]

(W.I.) an argument.

1955		cited in Cassidy & LePage Dict. Jam. Eng. (1980).
1966		(con. 1940s) L. Bennett ‘Mout Taxes’ in Jamaica Labrish 69: An wen yuh start fre prattle, wen / You start plabba-plabba.