dumka
noun
dum·ka ˈdu̇m-kə 
plural dumky ˈdu̇m-kē
: an Eastern European folk ballad or lament usually with alternating slow and fast sections
Word History
Etymology
Czech, elegy, from Ukrainian, diminutive of duma narrative folk poem, from Old Russian
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
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