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Yiddish
Etymology
From Russian волкула́к (volkulák) or волкола́к (volkolák); compare Belarusian ваўкала́к (vaŭkalák), Polish wilkołak, and Ukrainian вовкула́ка (vovkuláka) or вовкула́к (vovkulák). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
וואָלקעלאַק • (volkelak) m, plural וואָלקעלאַקעס (volkelakes) or וואָלקעלאַקן (volkelakn)
- werewolf
2016, עדי מהלאל, “פּאָל סײַמאָנס קריטישער הומאָר אין „פֿון פֿרעמדער צו פֿרעמדער‟ [Paul Simon's Critical Humor in "Stranger to Stranger"]”, in Forverts:אַזאַ מין תּחילתדיקע סצענע בעט זיך ממש מע זאָל זי שטעלן קאַפּויער, און טאַקע די פֿרוי ווערט אַ וואָלקעלאַק און דערמאָרדערט איר מאַן מיט אַ סושי-מעסער.- aza min tkhílezdike stsene bet zikh mamesh me zol zi shteln kapoyer, un take di froy vert a volkelak un dermordert ir man mit a sushi-meser.
- Such an opening scene literally begs to be turned upside down, and indeed the woman becomes a werewolf and kills her husband with a sushi knife.
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