agucchia
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *acūcla (“needle”, root)[1] < *acūcula, hypothetical diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-. Compare the doublet aguglia, taken from Old Occitan.
Noun
agucchia f (plural agucchie)
- (archaic) or (regional) needle, knitting needle
Synonyms
- ago
Verb
agucchia
- third-person singular present indicative of agucchiare
- second-person singular imperative of agucchiare
References
- http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/agucchia