kubasa

Noun

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

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

garlic ring, garlic sausage, kielbasa

Scrabble Score: 12

kubasa: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
kubasa: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
kubasa: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

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