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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian mămăligă.
Pronunciation
Noun
мамали́ґа • (mamalýga) f inan (genitive мамали́ґи, uncountable)
- mamaliga, cornmeal mush, polenta (a porridge-like dish made of coarse maize-meal)
Declension
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Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “мамали́ґа”, in Словарь украинского языка (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “мамалиґа”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN