- Main Entry:
- dum·ka

- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈdu̇m-kə\
- Function:
- noun
- Inflected Form(s):
- plural dum·ky
\-kē\
- Etymology:
- Czech, elegy, from Ukrainian, diminutive of duma narrative folk poem, from Old Russian
- Date:
- 1895
: an Eastern European folk ballad or lament usually with alternating slow and fast sections