marpil
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish marfil, from Old Spanish almalfil, from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʿaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʿaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mar‧pil
Noun
marpil
- a bridgework
- a partial denture