ⲙⲏⲟⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲙⲁⲩ (mau), ⲙⲁⲁⲩ (maau) — Sahidic, Bohairic
ⲙⲟ (mo), ⲙⲱ (mō) — Akhmimic
ⲙⲉⲉⲩ (meeu) — Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
ⲙⲉⲟⲩ (meou) — Fayyumic, Old Coptic

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲙⲏⲟⲩ • (mēou) f (plural ⲙⲏⲟⲩ (mēou))

(Fayyumic) mother
(Fayyumic) title applied to religious leaders
(Fayyumic, of bees) queen bee

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 197a–197b
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 95

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