נאָדל
די
נעדעלע
'needle'

ETYMOLOGY

Vowel 12, Proto-Yiddish ✱ɔ̄
{Katz 1982: 59}
The idiom אַ נאָדל נישט דורכצוּוואַרפֿן '(no space) to put in an needle (i.e., cramped)' appears to be a calque of Polish szpilki nie ma gdzie wcisnąć/wsadzić/wetknąć.

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

nɔ̞udl̩ {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 049-030}

Czechia

nōdl {westernmost CZECHIA, Šafov, and Bratislava, Beranek 1936: 71}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

nǭdl̥ {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 126, 134}

noːdlʲ {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}
- laŋʲə noːdlʲən לאַנגע נאָדלען

noːdlʲ {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

nʊədl ~ nó͡ədl {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

nudl {SLOVAKIA and CARPATHO-RUTHENIA, Beranek 1936: 70}
nūədl {eastern SLOVAKIA and CARPATHO-RUTHENIA, Beranek 1936: 72}

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

núədl {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}
- hɛklʲnuədl העקל־נאָדל

nuˑdl {ETCP, Mukachevo, 48226}

núˑdlʲ {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

nudɫ {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

HASIDIC

EUROPE

a nudl̩ mɩt a fudəm ɩz a duvəʀ gudl̩ אַ נאָדל מיט אַ פֿאָדעם איז אַ דבֿר־גדול 'from small things you can create big things' {Vienna, Eidel Malowicki}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

nodl {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}

SOUTHEASTERN

nudlʲ {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}