[ˈbur.tə]
OriginePerhaps from Vulgar Latin *umbulita (“small navel”), clipped from Vulgar Latin *umbulicus, from Latin umbilīcus (“navel”), with [um] being reanalyzed as the feminine indefinite article o at some stage as same is evidenced by related Romanian buric. The latter may have provoked such analogy. On grounds of phonetic difficulties with considered Albanian bark, rather unlikely a substrate word.
Formeburți(plural) · burtă(accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular) · burta(accusative, definite, nominative, singular) · burți(accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural) · burțile(accusative, definite, nominative, plural) · burți(dative, genitive, indefinite, singular) · burții(dative, definite, genitive, singular) · burți(dative, genitive, indefinite, plural) · burților(dative, definite, genitive, plural) · burtă(singular, vocative) · burto(singular, vocative) · burților(plural, vocative) · lui Burtă(dative, genitive)