Kubasa
//ˌkubəˈsɑ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A smoked pork sausage with garlic, originating in Eastern Europe. Canada, countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Ukrainian ковбаса́ (kovbasá /kowbasˈa/, “sausage”, see there for more), a very early Slavic borrowing with no clear antecedent. The Slavic variants (including Polish kiełbasa, whence kielbasa) point to several reconstructed forms from Proto-Slavic *kъlbasa, *klobasa, *kobasa. It is considered most likely to be borrowed from Proto-Turkic *kül + *bastï, literally “ash pressed”; compare Turkish külbastı (“roasted meat”), basmak (“to press”).
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