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mămăligă

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mămăligă¹

  • /mə.məˈli.ɡə/

Rhymes with -iɡə

Where it comes from

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”).

noun mămăligi · mămăligă · mămăliga · mămăligile

  1. feminine mamaliga, cornmeal mush, polenta (a porridge-like dish made of coarse maize-meal)
  2. feminine wimp, wuss

Mămăligă²

Where it comes from

From mămăligă.

proper noun lui Mămăligă

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • polenta starchy accompaniment to a meal

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MLA

"mămăligă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/m%C4%83m%C4%83lig%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

mămăligă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/m%C4%83m%C4%83lig%C4%83

Chicago

"mămăligă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/m%C4%83m%C4%83lig%C4%83.

BibTeX
@misc{ma_ma_liga_2026,
  title = {mămăligă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/m%C4%83m%C4%83lig%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}