mămăligă

See also: mamaliga

Romanian

Alternative forms

• măligă — regional

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

• mălai
• tocană, stew commonly served with mămăligă