קאָקאָשעס

Yiddish

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Romanian cocoșei (“popcorn”), plural of cocoșel. Possibly also cognate to Albanian kokoshka (“popcorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈkɔʃəs/

Noun

קאָקאָשעס • (kokoshes) pl

1. popcorn

References

• Uriel Weinreich (1977) “popcorn”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 244
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “קאָקאָשעס” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קאָקאָשעס”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “popcorn”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN