agugghia

Sicilian

na 'gugghia (sense 1) pi cùsiri – a sewing needle

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

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)

2. (sewing) needle

   pirtusu/funnu di l'agugghia ― eye of the needle

3. (zoology)
   2. garfish (Belone belone)
   3. broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)

Derived terms

• agugghiaru
• agugghiuliḍḍa

Related terms

• cusuta
• cùsiri
• filu
• jitali
• lazzu
• màchina pi cùsiri
• ratapuntu
• rucchettu
• sartu
• spagnuletta
• spiḍḍa

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