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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǭka.
Pronunciation
Noun
mąka f (diminutive mączka, related adjective mąkowy)
- (uncountable) flour (powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry)
- (countable) type of flour
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Further reading
- mąka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mąka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Artur Gruszecki, editor (1887), “munka”, in “Słowniczek spod Zakroczymia”, in Wisła : miesięcznik geograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 318
- Antoni Kalina, editor (1898), “małka”, in Lud. Organ Towarzystwa Ludoznawczego we Lwowie (in Polish), volume 4, Lviv: Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze, page 307