kovbasa

English

Noun

kovbasa (countable and uncountable)

1. Alternative form of kubasa.
   • 1985 February, Halia Kotovych, “Letters”, in Student, volume 17, number 84, Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union, page 4:

     Chopping a kovbasa in half has absolutely NOTHING to do with Ukrainian traditions, for one thing, and it trivializes the significance of Ukrainian culture to merely a gastronomic experience.

   • 1990 summer, Bohdan Krawchenko, “National Memory in Ukraine: The Role of the Blue and Yellow Flag”, in Journal of Ukrainian Studies, volume 15, number 1, Edmonton, Alta.: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, page 19:

     An ovation greeted the introduction of P. Svidsitsky representing Donbass. He said, “They lie to you when they say that we went on strike to take kovbasa from all of Ukraine. . . . You can’t shut us up by kovbasa and we will not sell our mothers for it. We want democracy. […]”

   • 1993 March, Mike Kornylo, “[Off the wall…] From the treasurer…”, in Novyny, Edmonton, Alta.: Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union, page 5:

     They'd have lots of kovbasa and pyrohy, with dijon sour cream.

   • 2016 November 10–23, Cheryl Balay, “‘You Love It, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah…’: Beatles parody rocks UMCE’s Taste of Kovbasa”, in Ukrainian News, volume LXXXIX, number 22, Edmonton, Alta., page 10:

     Each supplier generously donated sausage samples in two categories: traditional kovbasa and special recipes.