mămăligă
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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 , akin to Italian meliga (“maize, sorghum”), from Latin milium (“millet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mămăligă f (plural mămăligi)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | mămăligă | mămăliga | mămăligi | mămăligile | |
| genitive-dative | mămăligi | mămăligii | mămăligi | mămăligilor | |
| vocative | mămăligă, mămăligo | mămăligilor | |||
Descendants
- → Yiddish: מאַמעליגע (mamelige)