agugghia

Sicilian
na 'gugghia (sense 1) pi cùsiri – a sewing needle
n'agugghia (sense 2.1) ntô mari – a garfish in the water

Alternative forms
  • avugghia (⟨v⟩ variant form)
  • 'gugghia, 'vugghia (apheretic)
  • augghia, vugghia, ugghia (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Old Occitan agulha, from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”). Compare Italian aguglia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈuɟ.ɟa/
  • Hyphenation: a‧gùg‧ghia

Noun

agugghia f (plural agugghi)

  1. (sewing) needle
    pirtusu/funnu di l'agugghia ― eye of the needle
  2. (zoology)
    1. garfish (Belone belone)
    2. broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)

Derived terms
  • agugghiaru
  • agugghiuliḍḍa
  • cusuta
  • cùsiri
  • filu
  • lazzu
  • màchina pi cùsiri
  • ratapuntu
  • rucchettu
  • sartu
  • spagnuletta
  • spiḍḍa

See also

    References
    • Traina, Antonino (1868) “agugghia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 173
    • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1539: “l'ago; gli aghi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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