almafi

Old Galician-Portuguese

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

ivory (material)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 299 (facsimile):
  Un freire dos da eſtrela tragia.
  a ſeu colo en que muito crija
  hũa omagen deſta que nos guia
  dalmafi que ſeu fill en braços tẽ
  De muitas maneiras ſc̃a maria
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

Galician: marfil, almafí
Portuguese: marfim

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