(στέρφος)); cf. Albanian shterpë, Slovene stirpa, Venetian sterpa (all < Gk). |- | strepede || cheese maggot (larva of the cheese fly, cheese skipper; Piophila casei) || Russu (Alb.) || Aromanian streapit "cheese mite", Megleno-Romanian strepij; from Albanian shtrep "maggot, larva" |- | strungă || sheepfold; narrow passage, canyon || Russu (Alb.), NODEX || from Albanian shtrungë 'milking enclosure', from shtroj 'to spread' |- | sugruma || to strangle, to burke || Russu || from sub "under" + grumaz "throat" (see above). |- | șir || row, line || Hasdeu, Russu || also șiră "spine"; from Greek sirá (σειρά) 'line, row; cord, rope' |- | șopârlă || wall lizard (Lacerta muralis) || Hasdeu, Russu (Alb.), Vraciu || variant șopirlă, Aromanian ciupilar (recent jabilu, șapic, japie); from Albanian zhapi (plural zhapinj) 'lizard' (var. xhapi, xhzpik). |- | traistă || bag || Hasdeu || older taistră, tainstră, traistră, Bassarabia/Maramarus straistă, Transylvanian straiță; cf. Albanian trastë, trajstë, strajcë. |- | țap || he-goat; buck || Russu (Alb.) || from Albanian cjap (var. cap, cqap, sqap). |- | țarc || pen, fold || Russu (Alb.), Olteanu || from Albanian thark (var. cark) 'enclosure (esp. for milking)'. |- | țumburuș || small, round knob, nub || Olteanu || older țâmburuș; from Albanian thumbull 'button; pin'; nearly identical to sâmbure (< sumbull) (see above). |- | urca || to mount, ascend; increase || Russu, Paliga|| Either from Vulgar Latin *oricāre, frequentative of orior "to rise" or ultimately from Pre-Indo-European *OR- / *UR- 'big, huge, giant' related with Greek ouranizo 'to go up, to climb' derived from Ouranos 'sky'. |- | urdă || ricotta || Hasdeu, Russu, Vraciu || from dialectal Albanian urdhë (standard udhos, dialectal urdhos) |- | vatră || hearth, fireplace; home || Hasdeu, Russu (Alb). || from Albanian vatër; also Serbian vatra "fire" (< Alb) |- | vătui || yearling kid (goat); hare || Russu (Alb.) || older vătuiu, Aromanian vitulju, Megleno-Romanian vitul'u; from Byzantine Greek *vitoúlion (*βιτούλιον; modern Lefkada vitũli (βιτοῦλι)); also Albanian ftujë (Cham ftulë, Arbëresh vëtulë) 'female kid' (< ByzGk) |- | viezure || badger || Sala, Russu (Alb.), Olteanu || older viedzure, Aromanian yedzurã, yedzãre; from Albanian vjedhull, from vjedh "to steal" |- | zară || buttermilk || Russu || from *dzară, from Albanian dhallë; also Aromanian dhalã (recent loan; < Alb) |- | zburda || sport, frolic, frisk about || Russu || variant sburda; from Byzantine Greek spyrthizein 'to