mămăligă

See also: mamaliga

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a substrate word or an expressive creation based on mamă or Latin mamilla (representing the idea of nourishment) +‎ -ică.

Alternately, it can be inherited from Latin [Term?], akin to Italian meliga (“maize, sorghum”), from Latin milium (“millet”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mə.məˈli.ɡə/
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Noun

mămăligă f (plural mămăligi)

  1. mamaliga, cornmeal mush, polenta (a porridge-like dish made of coarse maize-meal)
  2. wimp, wuss

Declension
Declension of mămăligă
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) mămăligă mămăliga (niște) mămăligi mămăligile
genitive/dative (unei) mămăligi mămăligii (unor) mămăligi mămăligilor
vocative mămăligă, mămăligo mămăligilor

Descendants
  • → Yiddish: מאַמעליגע (mamelige)

See also
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