agugghia

== Sicilian == === 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 French and English aiguille, Italian aguglia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈuɟ.ɟa/, [(a)ˈ(v)uɟ.ɟa] Hyphenation: a‧gùg‧ghia === Noun === agugghia f (plural agugghi) (sewing) needle pirtusu/funnu di l'agugghia ― eye of the needle (ichthyology) garfish (Belone belone) broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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