Stitching awls
Etymology
From Middle English aul , alle , al , from Old English æl , from Proto-West Germanic * al , from Proto-Germanic * alaz , from Proto-Indo-European * h₁ólos . Cognate with Saterland Frisian Äil ( “ awl ” ) , Dutch aal ( “ awl ” ) , German Low German Ahl ( “ awl ” ) , German Ahle ( “ awl ” ) , Icelandic alur ( “ awl ” ) . Spelling was influenced by the Old English synonym awel , awul ( “ awl ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic * ahwal , from Proto-Germanic * ahwalaz ( “ fork, hook ” ) , of unknown origin. Doublet of elsen .
Noun
awl (plural awls )
A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
1886 , Peter Christen Asbjørnsen , translated by H.L. Bræ kstad, Folk and Fairy Tales , page 149 :He dressed himself in some old ragged clothes, and took a tame white bear, which he had, with him, as well as an awl , some pitch, and twine.
( entomology ) Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
Translations
pointed instrument
Albanian: fëndyell (sq) n
Arabic: مِخْرَز m ( miḵraz )
North Levantine Arabic: مسَلّة f ( msalle )
Armenian: հերյուն (hy) ( heryun ) , բիզ (hy) ( biz )
Azerbaijani: biz (az)
Bashkir: беҙ ( beź )
Belarusian: шы́ла n ( šýla )
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Bhojpuri: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: ши́ло (bg) n ( šílo )
Catalan: alena (ca) f
Chechen: йу ( ju )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 錐子 / 锥子 (zh) ( zhuīzi )
Czech: šídlo (cs) n
Danish: syl c
Daur: sheugw
Dutch: els (nl) m , priem (nl)
Esperanto: aleno
Even: хулгун ( hulgun )
Evenki: силгивӯн ( silgiwūn )
Faroese: sýl f , sýlur m
Finnish: purasin
French: alène (fr) f , alêne (fr) f
Gagauz: biz
Galician: subela (gl) f
Georgian: სადგისი ( sadgisi )
German: Pfriem (de) m , Ahle (de) f
Greek: σουβλί (el) n ( souvlí )
Ancient: ὄπεας n ( ópeas ) , χήλευμα n ( khḗleuma )
Hebrew: מַרְצֵעַ (he) m ( martzéa' )
Hungarian: ár (hu)
Icelandic: alur (is) m
Indonesian: alat pelubang
Ingrian: naaskali
Ingush: юв ( juv )
Irish: meana m
Italian: punteruolo (it) m , lesina (it) f
Japanese: 突きぎり ( つきぎり, tsukigiri ) , 錐 (ja) ( きり, kiri ) , 千枚通し ( せんまいどうし, senmaidōshi )
Karachay-Balkar: миз ( miz )
Khakas: піс ( pìs )
Korean: 송곳 (ko) ( songgot )
Kyrgyz: шибеге (ky) ( şibege )
Latgalian: eilyns m
Latin: subula f
Latvian: īlens m
Lithuanian: yla (lt) f
Macedonian: шило n ( šilo )
Magahi: 𑂮𑂴𑂄 ( sūā ) , 𑂮𑂳𑂞𑂰𑂩𑂲 ( sutārī )
Maithili: सूआ ( sūā ) , सूतारी ( sūtārī )
Maltese: ( carpentry ) timplor m ; ( shoemaking ) xifa f
Mangghuer: shubige
Mari:
Eastern Mari: вӱрж ( vürž )
Western Mari: вуйжыр ( vujžyr )
Mongghul: shuuga
Mongolian: шөвөг ( šövög ) , шивүүр (mn) ( šivüür )
Nogai: биз ( biz )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: syl (no) m
Nynorsk: syl m
Occitan: alzena (oc) f
Old English: æl m or f
Old High German: ala f
Old Norse: alr m
Ottoman Turkish: بیز ( biz ) , مخرز ( mihrez )
Polish: szydło (pl) n
Portuguese: furador m , sovela (pt) f
Romagnol: puntiröl m
Romanian: sulă (ro) f
Russian: ши́ло (ru) n ( šílo )
Sanskrit: आरा (sa) f ( ārā )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шило n
Roman: šilo (sh) n
Slovak: šidlo n
Slovene: šilo n
Southern Altai: мис ( mis ) , бис ( bis )
Spanish: lezna (es) f , lesna (es) f , alesna (es) f , punzón (es) m
Sudovian: īla f
Swahili: maharazi
Swedish: syl (sv) c , pryl (sv) c
Tagalog: punson , suligi , balibol , pambalibol
Tatar: без (tt) ( bez )
Telugu: ఆరె (te) ( āre )
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: biz (tr)
Tuvan: шигбей ( şigbey )
Udmurt: пежъян ( pežjan )
Ukrainian: ши́ло n ( šýlo )
Uzbek: bigiz (uz)
Vietnamese: giùi (vi)
Welsh: mynawyd m
Yup'ik: ukicissuun