[laht-kuh] 
| a pancake, esp. one made of grated potato. |
| lat·ke (lät'kə) n. A pancake, especially one made of grated potato. [Yiddish, from Ukrainian oladka, from Old Russian, diminutive of olad'ya, from Greek eladia, pl. of eladion, little oily thing, diminutive of elaion, olive oil, from elaiā, olive.] |