ⲥⲓⲱⲟⲩⲛⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

From ⲥⲓ- (si-, “seat, place”, noun) +‎ *ⲱⲟⲩⲛⲓ (*ōouni, “water-channel”, noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /(ə)sˈjoːu̯nə/

Noun

ⲥⲓⲱⲟⲩⲛⲓ • (siōouni) f

1. (Bohairic) bath, bathroom
2. (Bohairic) bathhouse

Derived terms

• ⲥⲓⲱⲟⲩⲛⲓⲧⲏⲥ (bathman)

References

• Vocabularium coptico-Latinum, Gustav Parthey, 1844
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 182