agulla

From Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡuʎa/
• Rhymes: -uʎa
• Syllabification: a‧gu‧lla

agulla f (plural agullas)

1. needle

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “agulla”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Inherited from Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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agulla f (plural agulles)

1. needle
2. (architecture) spire

   Synonym: matxó

3. hand (of a clock)
4. (rail transport) (UK) points, (US) switch
5. (castells) a casteller in the pinya who stands facing one of the baixos, holds the segon's knees, and passes messages between his or her segon and the other castellers in the pinya
6. (castells) a column of one casteller per level which is constructed within the tronc in certain constructions and remains standing until the tronc has been dismantled

   Quatre de vuit amb l'agulla.

   an eight-level castell with four people per level plus a central column

7. garfish

   Synonyms: agulla prima, mula

8. broadnose pipefish

   Synonym: peix bada

• “agulla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese agulla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈɣuʎa̝/

agulla f (plural agullas)

1. needle (sewing)
2. medical needle for a syringe
3. hand of a watch or clock
4. withers
5. (cooking) chuck or brisket
6. sharpness of a wine
7. natural sparkling of a wine
8. garfish, sea needle (Belone belone)
9. (architecture) jamb

• aguillar
• agulla ferruxenta
• guillo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “agulla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “agulla”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “agulla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “agulla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “agulla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN