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”).
mămăligă f (plural mămăligi)
singular | plural | |||
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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 |