buric

• buricu, bãric, bric

From Latin umbilīcus, probably through a later Vulgar Latin root *umbulicus. Compare Romanian buric, Sicilian buddicu.

buric n (plural buricuri, definite articulation buriclu)

1. navel, bellybutton
2. belly
3. (figurative) center

From Latin umbilīcus,^[1] probably through a later Vulgar Latin root *umbulicus.

buric m

1. navel

• Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske

Inherited from Latin umbilīcus, through an intermediate Vulgar Latin root *umbulicus, later separated to *un buric (compare also the development of French nombril, Catalan llombrígol). Doublet of ombilic. Compare Aromanian buric, Sicilian buddicu.

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buric n (plural burice)

1. navel, bellybutton