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mămăligă

mămăligă

See also: mamaliga

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • măligă (regional)

Noun

mămăligă f ‎(plural mămăligi)

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

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Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a substratum word or an expressive creation based on mamă or Latin mamilla (representing the idea of nourishment) +‎ -ică. Many of the other Balkan countries probably borrowed variants of the word from Romanian.

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