ⲓⲱ
Coptic
Alternative forms
Donkey with cart in Egypt
- ⲉⲓⲱ (eiō) – Sahidic, Lycopolitan
- ⲉⲉⲓⲱ (eeiō) – Sahidic
- ⲉⲓⲟⲩ (eiou) – Sahidic
- ⲉⲟⲩ (eou) – Sahidic
- ⲉⲱ (eō) – Sahidic, Bohairic
- ⲓⲟⲩ (iou) – Akhmimic
- ⲓⲁⲱ (iaō) – Sahidic, Bohairic
Etymology
From Demotic ꜥꜣ (“donkey”), from Egyptian
(ꜥꜣ, “donkey”), possibly onomatopoeic in origin.
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Noun
ⲓⲱ • (iō) m
- (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) donkey
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 45
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 75