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agulla.

needle

6 characters3 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[əˈɣu.ʎə]Balearic, Central, Northern[aˈɣu.ʎa]Northwestern, Valencia
  1. needle

    feminine
  2. spire

    feminine
  3. hand (of a clock)

    feminine
  4. (UK) points, (US) switch

    feminine
  5. 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

    feminine
  6. 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

    feminine
    Quatre de vuit amb l'agulla.
  7. garfish

    feminine
  8. broadnosed pipefish

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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

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