rukkell

Maltese

Etymology

From older Sicilian *rucchellu (now ruccheddu), from a diminutive of Latin rocca (“distaff”), itself from Proto-Germanic *rukkô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rukˈkɛll/

Noun

rukkell m (plural rkiekel or rukkelli)

  1. reel, spool, bobbin
    Synonym: (dated or Gozitan) mkebba
  2. (Gozo, Mellieħa) vertebra
    • 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:
      f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
      tat-terrakotta － ’kk tmisshom,
      isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha －
      għoddha qalftitni fatat.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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