torcu

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• torc

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *torcō, from Latin torqueō. Compare Romanian torc.

Verb

torcu (third-person singular toartsi or toartse, participle toarsã)

1. to spin (yarn)

Related terms

• toartsiri / toartsire, turtseari / turtseare
• torsu
• torshu, toarsã
• astorcu
• turtã

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

• torc

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *torcō, from Latin torqueō.

Verb

torcu

1. spin (yarn)

Related terms

• toarțiri / toarciri

References

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