of stomach)', identical to rânză (< rrëndës) (see below); Romanian lent Transylvanian German Pränz, Slovak/Polish bryndza, which gave Austrian Brimsen.Lazăr Șăineanu, Dicționar universal al limbii române (Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, 1896). |- | brâu || belt, waist || Russu (Alb.) || dialectal brân, colloquial brână, Aromanian brãnu, Megleno-Romanan brǫn, Istro-Romanian brĕne; from Old Albanian *bren (modern brez 'belt; waist', mbrej 'to buckle'); replaced Transylvanian/Bucovina balț 'loop, eye(let), ring (of iron)' (cf. Aromanian balțu), from Latin balteus 'belt'. |- | brusture || burdock (Arctium lappa) || Russu (Alb.) || Aromanian broshtur, brushturã; from Albanian brushtull 'heather' |- | bucura || to be glad || Russu (Alb.) || also bucuros 'glad'; from Albanian bukuroj 'to beautify', bukurosh 'beautiful', both from bukur 'nice, lovely' |- | bunget || dense, dark forest || Hasdeu, Russu (Alb.), Vraciu || from Albanian bung 'chestnut oak' + Romanian -et 'grove'. |- | burtă || belly, stomach || Russu || dialectal borț 'pregnant woman's belly' |- | buză || lip; edge || Russu (Alb.) || Aromanian budzã "lip; brim"; from Albanian buzë "lip; edge" |- |Buzău|Buzău, Buzău county |Paliga |Attested in antiquity as Μουσεος |- | cață || shepherd's rod, crook || Russu || also descăța "to unhook"; See acăța above. |- | căpușă || sheep ked (Melophagus ovinus) || Russu (Alb.) || from Albanian këpushë 'tick', derivative of kap 'to grip, snatch' |- | căpută || toe (of shoe); low boot || Russu (Alb.) || from Albanian këputë "sole (of shoe)", këpucë "shoe"; unrelated to Slavic kopyto "hoof" > Romanian copită|- | cătun || hamlet || Russu (Alb.) || from Albanian katund (dial. katun, kotun) 'village; herdsmen community; widely spread-out village" |- | cioară || crow || Sala, Hasdeu, Vraciu || Aromanian cioarã, Megleno-Romanian čoară; from Old Albanian *corrë (mod. sorrë) |- | ciut || hornless, poll; one-horned || Russu (Alb.) || dialectal șut; from Slavic; cf. Bulgarian/Serbo-Croatian šut; also Albanian shyt 'hornless' (connected to "sutë" (a doe, female deer) (an Albanism in the other Balkan languages) |- | curma || to stop abruptly, interrupt || Russu (Alb.) || older curmez, from Byzantine Greek kormázein (κορμάζω); cf. Albanian kurmua|- | curpăn || vine, twining stem || Russu (Alb.) || from Albanian kurpën, kurpër 'clematis', from kurp 'traveller's joy, old man's beard (Clematis vitalba)'; related to below. |- | cursă || trap, snare || Russu (Alb.), Olteanu || from Albanian kurth(ë), contraction of dial. kurpth, diminutive of kurp; related