ⲙⲟⲩⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Island of Elephantine in Aswan, Egypt

• ⲙⲟⲩⲓ (moui) — Bohairic

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

1. (Sahidic) island

References

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