kubasa

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kubasa

/ˌkubəˈsɑ/ Canada, US
/ˈkubəsɑ/ Canada, US

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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”).

noun kubasas · kovbasa

Canada, countable, uncountable A smoked pork sausage with garlic, originating in Eastern Europe.
Similar: garlic ring, garlic sausage, kielbasa

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@misc{kubasa_2026,
  title = {kubasa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kubasa},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}