[doo
m-kuh] 
[-kee] . | 1. | a Slavic folk song that alternates in character between sadness and gaiety. |
| 2. | an instrumental composition or movement imitative of such a folk song. |
| dum·ka (dŏŏm'kə) n. A song, especially a Slavic folksong, that has alternating happy and sad passages. [Slovak, Ukrainian folksong, from Ukrainian, diminutive of duma, thought, memory, narrative poem, of Germanic origin; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.] |