кумпяк

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Lithuanian kumpis + -як (-jak). Alternatively, from Polish kumpiak, ultimately from the same Lithuanian term, or conversely Belarusian may have lent the word to Polish.

Pronunciation

Noun

кумпя́к (kumpjákm inan (genitive кумпяка́, nominative plural кумпякі́, genitive plural кумпяко́ў, relational adjective кумпя́чны)

  1. ham
    Synonym: шы́нка (šýnka)
    вэ́ндзіць кумпякі́véndzicʹ kumpjakíto smoke hams
  2. (anatomy) thigh, hip
    Synonym: бядро́ (bjadró)
    • 1940, Jakub Kołas, “Соцкі падвёў”, in Апавяданні, Мінск, page 4:
      Пры гэ́тым ура́днік аж засмяя́ўся сам сабе́ і ля́снуў рука́мі па сваі́х то́ўстых кумпяка́х.
      Pry hétym urádnik až zasmjajáŭsja sam sabjé i ljásnuŭ rukámi pa svaíx tóŭstyx kumpjakáx.
      While at it, the official even laughed to himself and clapped his hands on his thick thighs.

Declension

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • ? Polish: kumpiak
  • Russian: (dialectal) кумпя́к (kumpják)

References

  • кумпяк” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • кумпяк”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)