kubasa

English

Alternative forms

• kovbasa (uncommon)

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”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkubəˈsɑ/, /ˈkubəsɑ/, enPR: ko͞o'bə-säʹ, ko͞oʹbə-sä
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: ku‧ba‧sa

Noun

kubasa (countable and uncountable, plural kubasas)

1. (Canada) A smoked pork sausage with garlic, originating in Eastern Europe.

   Synonyms: garlic ring, garlic sausage, kielbasa

Derived terms

• kubie
• kubie burger
• kubie dog

References

• Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “kubasa”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ковбаса”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

Anagrams

• Kasuba