Aromanian words first recorded in the 20th century

It is inherited from Latin quod (“that; because”). Candrea and Densusianu explain the vowel by the change of o to ă in other unstressed monosyllables. Nikolaidis hesitated between quia (“because”)…

It is borrowed from Turkish kama (“two-edged dagger”), a word that spread through the Balkans: Papahagi compares Modern Greek κάμα (káma) and Albanian kamë, both from Turkish, and Polenaković adds…

It is borrowed from Turkish kanca (“hook”), which Pascu compares with Modern Greek γάντζος (gántzos) and Polenaković with Serbo-Croatian kandža and Bulgarian канджа (kandža). Eren takes the Turkish…

It is borrowed from Modern Greek καπιτάλι (kapitáli, “capital”), which Papahagi derives in turn from Italian capitale. Pascu instead gives the Italian word and Venetian capital as the source, naming…

It is borrowed from Turkish kasaba (“small town, borough”), from Ottoman Turkish قصبه (kasaba), from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba). Nikolaidis compares Modern Greek κασαμπάς (kasampás), itself from…

It is inherited from Latin cōda (“tail”), the rustic form of classical cauda (“tail”), with ō for au. De Vaan reconstructs Proto-Italic *kaudā (“part, tail”) and Proto-Indo-European *keh₂u-d-…

It is borrowed from Modern Greek φύλλον (fýllon, “leaf”), which Papahagi cites with its plural φύλλα (fýlla). The Romanian word filă (“leaf, page”) is the same loan. The Modern Greek word φύλλο…

It is inherited from Late Latin frondia (“foliage”), a collective noun made from the neuter plural of Latin frondeus (“leafy”), itself from frōns (“foliage, leaves”). Pușcariu sees in frondia a…

Papahagi's dictionary explains it, with a question mark, as from Aromanian i (“or”) + cã (“that”), and the glossary to P. Papahagi's tales gives the same explanation without the doubt. Cunia lists i…

It is inherited from Latin illīs (“to them”), the dative plural of ille (“that; he”). Ciorănescu traces Romanian le, the Romanian dative plural, to the same Latin form. The unstressed dative plural…

It is a compound of the conjunctions ma (“but; if”) and cã (“that”). Papahagi derives ma in this sense from Italian ma (“but”), unlike the adverb ma "more", from Latin magis; Pascu also files ma…

It is inherited from Latin maneō (“to remain, stay”), which de Vaan traces to Proto-Italic *m(o)n-ē- and Proto-Indo-European *mn-eh₁- (“to remain”). In Romanian, mânea has narrowed to spending the…

It is inherited from Latin ipse (“himself, herself, itself”), in its form ipsus, which de Vaan records for the nominative in early Latin. Nikolaidis, after Miklosich, already traced it to ipse…

1. The pear tree is inherited from Latin pirus (“pear tree”), and the neuter noun for the fruit continues pirum (“pear”). The tree has the same name in Romanian păr, Megleno-Romanian per and…

It is inherited from Latin per (“through, across”) with intrō (“inside, within”): Papahagi derives it from these two Latin words, and Pascu files it among the Latin elements of Aromanian. Cunia…

It is borrowed from Turkish top (“ball, round object; roll; cannon”). Polenaković gives the Turkish word with all the senses of the Aromanian one and lists the same loan in the neighbouring…

It is inherited from Latin vīvus (“alive, living”). The Oxford Latin Dictionary derives the adjective from vīvō (“to live”); Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Italic *gʷīwos and Proto-Indo-European…

It is a compound from Aromanian tut (“all”) + unã (“one”), literally "all one (time)", as Papahagi explains it; Wiktionary notes that all its forms contain the words for "all" and "one (time)", some…

1. The adjective "fine" is borrowed from Turkish has, according to Papahagi. He refers to the synonym hascu, which he derives from Greek. 2. The ace is borrowed from Modern Greek άσος (ásos, “ace”)…

1. The adverb is borrowed from Bulgarian най (naj, “most, forming superlatives”). Papahagi notes that it belongs to the northern Aromanian varieties and that it is synonymous with cama and dip, so…