neula

Inherited from Old Catalan neula, from Latin nebula, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Compare Occitan nèbla, Portuguese névoa, Spanish niebla.

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

neula f (plural neules)

1. (uncountable, rare) fog, mist

   Synonym: boira

2. (rolled) wafer
3. (slang) a stupid person

• neular-se
• neulia
• neulir-se
• neulós

• “neula” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “neula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “neula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “neula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Proto-Finnic *nëkla, borrowing from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, compare Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰 (nēþla). Cognates include Ingrian neegla, Votic niglõ, Karelian niekla, Estonian nõel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈneu̯lɑ/,
• Rhymes: -eulɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): neu‧la

neula

1. needle (sewing implement)
2. needle (any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, particularly as a part in certain machines)
3. needle (indicator)

   Synonyms: osoitin, viisari

4. needle, stylus (phonograph needle)

   Synonym: äänineula

5. needle (injection needle)

   Synonyms: ruiskuneula, injektioneula

6. (rare) needle (leaf of conifer tree)

   Synonym: neulanen

• “neula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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