קאָקאָשעס
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
Likely borrowed from Romanian cocoșei (“popcorn”), plural of cocoșel. Possibly also cognate to Albanian kokoshka (“popcorn”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
קאָקאָשעס • (kokoshes) pl
References edit
- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “popcorn”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 244
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “קאָקאָשעס” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קאָקאָשעס”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “popcorn”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN