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ⲙⲁⲩ

Coptic edit

Alternative forms edit

 
Egyptian mother with children

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Classical Coptic) /maw/
  • IPA(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /mav/

Etymology 1 edit

From Demotic mwt, from Egyptian mwt (“mother”),

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Noun edit

ⲙⲁⲩ • (mau) f

  1. (Bohairic) mother
Alternative forms edit

Etymology 2 edit

 
Water

From Demotic mw (“water”), from Egyptian mw (“water”),

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Related to Proto-Semitic *maʾ-. Cf. Arabic مَاء (māʔ) or Hebrew מַיִם (máyim).

Noun edit

ⲙⲁⲩ • (mau) ?

  1. (Fayyumic) water
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