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