rukkell
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From older Sicilian *rucchellu (now ruccheddu), from a diminutive of Latin rocca (“distaff”), itself from Proto-Germanic *rukkô.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rukkell m (plural rkiekel or rukkelli)
- reel, spool, bobbin
- Synonym: (dated or Gozitan) mkebba
- (Gozo, Mellieħa) vertebra
- 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:
- f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
tat-terrakotta － ’kk tmisshom,
isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha －
għoddha qalftitni fatat.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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