ⲙⲟⲩⲉ
Coptic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editⲙⲟⲩⲉ • (moue) f
References
edit- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN