кутя

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʊˈtʲa]

Participle

кутя́ • (kutjá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of кути́ть (kutítʹ)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Noun

кутя • (kutja)

  1. a dish of boiled wheat and honey served at Christmas, New Year's, Epiphany, funerals, equivalent to колива/koliva served in the Balkans, but mixed with ground poppyseed like Lithuanian aguonų pienas
  2. (folklore) a holiday meal involving the wheat dish
  1. багата кутя
    bahata kutja
    bountiful kutia, Christmas Eve supper
  2. щедра кутя
    ščedra kutja
    generous kutia, New Year's Eve supper
  3. голодна кутя
    holodna kutja
    hungry kutia, Epiphany Eve supper

Synonyms
  • Dish
  • пшениця (literally "wheat", used in extended sense in Bukovynian dialect)
  • здобавка (literally "very good", used for dish in Hutsul dialect)
  • Holidays:
    • святвечір, свята вечеря (Christmas Eve)
    • Маланка, старий новий рік (New Year's)
    • Йордан, другий святвечір (Epiphany Eve)
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