burtă

See also: burta, and burtā

Romanian

Etymology

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *umbulita (“small navel”), clipped from Vulgar Latin *umbulicus, from Latin umbilīcus (“navel”), with [um] being reanalyzed as feminine indefinite article at some stage as same is evidenced by related Romanian buric. The latter may have provoked such analogy. On grounds of phonetic difficulties with considered Albanian bark, rather unlikely a substrate word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbur.tə]

Noun

burtă f (plural burți)

1. belly

Declension

Declension of burtă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) burtă	burta	(niște) burți	burțile
genitive/dative	(unei) burți	burții	(unor) burți	burților
vocative	burtă, burto		burților

Synonyms

• pântece, abdomen, vintre

Derived terms

• burtos

See also

• stomac