ⲙⲟⲩⲉ

Coptic edit

Alternative forms edit

Island of Elephantine in Aswan, Egypt

ⲙⲟⲩⲓ (moui) — Bohairic

Etymology edit

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 edit

ⲙⲟⲩⲉ • (moue) f

(Sahidic) island

References edit

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN