ⲙⲟⲩⲉ
Coptic
Alternative forms
![](Images/wiktionary/Aswan%252C_Elephantine%252C_west_bank%252C_Egypt%252C_Oct_2004.jpg.webp)
Island of Elephantine in Aswan, Egypt
- ⲙⲟⲩⲓ (moui) – Bohairic
Etymology
From Demotic mꜣy (“island”), from Egyptian mꜣwt (“new land (that emerged from the Nile)”), most likely abbreviated from *jw nj mꜣwt, literally “island of newness”.
Noun
ⲙⲟⲩⲉ (moue) f
- (Sahidic) island
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN