almafi

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • almafil, almofi, ammafide, marfi, marfil, marfim, marfym, olmafi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”).

Cognate with Old Spanish almalfil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.maˈfi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: al‧ma‧fi

Noun

almafi m (uncountable)

  1. ivory (hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants)

Descendants

  • Galician: marfil, almafí
  • Portuguese: marfim

References

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