butuc

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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)

  1. trunk (of a tree), stump
    Synonym: trunchi
  2. log
    Synonyms: buștean, buturugă
  3. block
  4. 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

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*bottia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, page 469
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