ⲕⲃⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲭⲃⲟⲃ (khbob) — Bohairic
• ⲕⲃⲁ (kba) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Egyptian qbb (“to cool, to be(come) cool”).

Verb

ⲕⲃⲟ • (kbo)

1. (intransitive) (Sahidic) to cool, to be(come) cool
2. (transitive) (Sahidic) to make cool

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 52
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 100