ⲙⲱⲟⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Water

• ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou) — Sahidic
• ⲙⲁⲩ (mau) — Fayyumic
• ⲙⲁⲟⲩ (maou) — Akhmimic

Etymology

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

Related to Proto-Semitic *may-

Pronunciation

• (Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /moːw/
• (Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /muw/
• (Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.u/

Noun

ⲙⲱⲟⲩ • (mōou) m

1. (Bohairic) water
2. (Bohairic) juice

Derived terms

• ⲃⲉⲣⲱ ⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (berō m̀mōou, “whirlpool”)
• ⲃⲁⲓⲙⲱⲟⲩ (baimōou, “water conduit”)
• ⲙⲟⲩⲙⲓ (moumi, “fountain, spring”)

References

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