American and Canadian usage. In the United States, the form kielbasa (usually pronounced  /kiːlˈbɑːsə/  or  /kɪlˈbɑːsə/ ) is more often used and comes from the  Polish   kiełbasa   [kʲewˈbasa]    (  listen )  "sausage", perhaps a derivation from the  Turkic   kül bastï  "grilled cutlet" [ 2 ] ). In