butuc
Romanian
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *bot(t)um, *bottia (“bump”) + -uc, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *boce (“knob”), from Old High German bozzan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to push, strike”).[1]Compare bot.
Pronunciation
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Noun
butuc m (plural butuci)
- trunk (of a tree), stump
- log
- block
- hub (of a wheel)
Declension
Declension of butuc
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) butuc | butucul | (niște) butuci | butucii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) butuc | butucului | (unor) butuci | butucilor |
| vocative | butucule | butucilor | ||
Synonyms
- (log): buștean, buturugă
- (trunk): trunchi
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*bottia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1: A–B, page 469