Etymology[edit]
From Demotic ḥnmmt (“sun-folk, humankind”).
Pronunciation[edit]
ϩⲁⲙⲉⲩ • (hameu) f
- (Old Coptic) humankind
- (Old Coptic) people of a given place
- (Old Coptic) sun-folk
References[edit]
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 284