agucchia

Italian

Etymology 1

From earlier *acucchia, from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”), Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-. Doublet of aguglia, which was borrowed from Occitan.

Noun

agucchia f (plural agucchie)

1. (archaic or regional) needle, knitting needle

   Synonym: ago

Etymology 2

Verb

agucchia

1. inflection of agucchiare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• agucchia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana