agulla

From Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

agulla f (plural agullas)

1. needle

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “agulla”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

From Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈɡu.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡu.ʎa/

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agulla f (plural agulles)

1. needle
2. (architecture) spire
3. hand (of a clock)
4. (rail transport) (UK) points, (US) switch
5. (castells) A casteller in the pinya who stands facing one of the baixos, holds the segon's knees, and passes messages between his or her segon and the other castellers in the pinya
6. (castells) A column of one casteller per level which is constructed within the tronc in certain constructions and remains standing until the tronc has been dismantled

   Quatre de vuit amb l'agulla.

7. garfish

   Synonyms: agulla prima, mula

8. broadnose pipefish

   Synonym: peix bada

• “agulla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese agulla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈɣuʎa̝/

agulla f (plural agullas)

1. needle (sewing)
2. medical needle for a syringe
3. hand of a watch or clock
4. withers
5. (cooking) chuck or brisket
6. sharpness of a wine
7. natural sparkling of a wine
8. garfish, sea needle (Belone belone)
9. (architecture) jamb

• aguillar
• agulla ferruxenta
• guillo

• “agulla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “agulla” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “agulla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “agulla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “agulla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.