sufleca

Etymology
. Often considered to be from a root, from , but there are semantic and phonetic difficulties here; compare. Alternatively, and perhaps more likely, from, present active infinitive of , which fits the meaning more closely if one were to take the literal sense of "fold under" (as opposed to the more common one of "to supplicate, beseech"). In this case, the transition from -pl- to -fl- is not the normal phonetic shift in Romanian; however, this may be explained by the possibility that the variant now found mostly in Moldova, or, was the original form (it was attested in the 17th century writings of Dosoftei), and the now-standard form was the result of a relatively modern alteration, by analogy (the Oltenian variant forms  were influenced by , for example). The Transylvanian form may be originally derived from a Vulgar Latin  and later conflated with this verb. Cf. also the neologism, which may be a doublet if this etymology is correct.

Verb

 * 1)  to roll up, tuck up, turn up