kubasa

Meanings

nounkubasa (countable and uncountable, plural kubasas)

plural kubasas · alternative uncommon kovbasa

CanadacountableuncountableA smoked pork sausage with garlic, originating in Eastern Europe.
Synonyms: garlic ring, garlic sausage, kielbasa

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA smoked pork sausage with garlic, originating in Eastern Europe.

Similar

garlic ringgarlic sausage kielbasa

Also see

kielbasa

Origin

Proto-Slavic*kъlbasa
Ukrainianковбаса́“sausage”
Englishkubasa

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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