Learn Italian: Se cerchi il pettine, ce l'ha Maria. - If you are looking for the comb, Maria has it.

This uses the spoken verb averci, which is heavily used for emphatic possession. In everyday spoken Italian, when you replace the object of the verb "to have" with a direct object pronoun like lo (for the comb), you almost always add ci. The ci changes to ce when it sits right next to lo, resulting in ce l'ha.

What exactly does the l' in ce l'ha stand for?

It stands for lo, the masculine singular direct object pronoun meaning "it", which replaces il pettine (the comb). It drops the 'o' and takes an apostrophe because the next word, ha, starts with a vowel sound, since the 'h' in Italian is silent.

Why is the subject Maria at the very end of the sentence?

Italian has flexible word order and often moves the subject to the end of a sentence to give it special emphasis. By saying ce l'ha Maria, the speaker is emphasizing that Maria is the specific person who has the comb, translating closer to "Maria is the one who has it."

Why is there an 'h' in cerchi?