PRISIADKA Definition & Meaning

prisiadka

[ pris-yahd-kuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a step in Slavic folk dancing in which the dancer squats on the haunches and kicks out each foot alternately; the characteristic step of the kazachok.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

1935–40; < Russian ��á��첹, equivalent to prisyad-, variant stem of ��é��ʾ to squat ( pri- v. prefix, here marking action done incompletely or temporarily + ��ʾ to sit down, akin to sit ¹ ) + -ka noun suffix; or < Ukrainian ��ý��ⲹ��첹, formed in a parallel manner from ��í��ٲ� to squat

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