guglia
Italian
Etymology
Apheretic of aguglia, borrowed from Old Occitan agulha, from Vulgar Latin *acūcla < *acūcula, from Latin acus (whence Italian ago (“needle”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuʎˈʎi.a/
Noun
guglia f (plural guglie)
- spire
- needle (of rock)
- spur
Anagrams
- laggiù
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) guila
- (Sutsilvan) vila
- (Puter, Vallader) aguoglia
- (Vallader) guoglia
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *acūcla < *acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).
Noun
guglia f (plural guglias)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) needle
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun) gluva