ⲙⲟⲩⲉ
Coptic
Alternative forms
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Etymology
From Demotic mꜣy (“island”), from Egyptian mꜣwt (“new land (that emerged from the Nile)”), most likely abbreviated from *jw nj mꜣwt, literally “island of newness”.
Noun
ⲙⲟⲩⲉ • (moue) f
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN