agugghia

agugghia

Sicilian

n'agugghia (sense 1) pâ cusuta – a sewing needle

n'agugghia (sense 2.1) n mari – a garfish in the water

Alternative forms

• augghia, vugghia, ugghia, avugghia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡuɡɡja/
• 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)

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