guglia

Italian

Etymology

Apheretic of aguglia, borrowed from Old Occitan agulha, from Vulgar Latin *acūcla < *acūcula, from Latin acus (whence Italian ago (“needle”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡuʎˈʎi.a/

Noun

guglia f (plural guglie)

spire
needle (of rock)
spur

Anagrams

laggiù

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) guila
(Sutsilvan) vila
(Puter, Vallader) aguoglia
(Vallader) guoglia

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *acūcla < *acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

Noun

guglia f (plural guglias)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) needle

Synonyms

(Rumantsch Grischun) gluva

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