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) (Canada) A smoked pork sausage with garlic, originating in Eastern Europe. Synonyms: garlic ring, garlic sausage, kielbasa ==== Derived terms ==== === 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