ipil

See also: Ipil

English

Alternative forms

• ifil

Etymology

From Cebuano ipil.

Noun

ipil (plural ipils)

1. A Philippine and Pacific island tree (Intsia bijuga) yielding a valuable brown dye and having a very hard and durable dark wood.
2. The wood of this tree.

Anagrams

• Pili, pili

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧pil
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔipil/ [ˈʔi.pɪl̪]

Noun

ipil

1. a Philippine and Pacific island tree (Intsia bijuga) yielding a valuable brown dye and having a very hard and durable dark wood
2. wood of this tree

Descendants

• → English: ipil

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qipil (“a hardwood tree: Intsia bijuga, Afzelia bijuga”). Compare Ilocano ipil, Hanunoo ipil, Cebuano ipil, Malay ipil and Chamorro ifit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔipil/ [ˈʔiː.pɪl]
• Rhymes: -ipil
• Syllabification: i‧pil

Noun

ipil (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜎ᜔)

1. Moluccan ironwood, a species of tree (Intsia bijuga)

   Synonyms: taal, labnig, ipil-lalao, ipil-laut, tigal

See also

• ipil-ipil

Further reading

• “ipil”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “ipil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qipil”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• lipi, pili, Pili