ⲕⲃⲟ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲭⲃⲟⲃ (khbob) – Bohairic
- ⲕⲃⲁ (kba) – Sahidic
Etymology
From Egyptian qbb (“to guard”).
Verb
ⲕⲃⲟ (kbo)
- (intransitive) (Sahidic) to cool, to be(come) cool
- (transitive) (Sahidic) to make cool
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 52
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 100