ⲙⲁⲩ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

Egyptian mother with children

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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Noun

ⲙⲁⲩ • (mau) f

  1. (Bohairic) mother
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

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

ⲙⲁⲩ • (mau) ?

  1. (Fayyumic) water
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