boatsit

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• boatsitu

Etymology

From butsescu or boatsi + -it, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *vōcitum, ultimately from Latin vōx. Compare Romanian bocet.

Noun

boatsit n

1. wail, wailing; lament, cry
2. dirge
3. keen (prolonged wail for a dead person)

Related terms

• butsescu
• boatsi