ⲃⲱ

From Demotic b (/*βoːʔ/, “bush”), from Egyptian b-bA-A-t:Hn (bꜣt (/*ˈbaːʀat/), “bush, especially Cyperus papyrus”).

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">bꜣt</i> (/*ˈbaːʀat/)

(Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Bohairic, Fayyumic) bush

(Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Bohairic, Fayyumic) tree


ⲥⲭⲓⲥⲙⲁ

cop-noun

ⲥⲭⲓⲥⲙⲁ • (skhisma) f (plural ⲥⲭⲓⲥⲙⲁ (skhisma))

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma).

(Bohairic, Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic, religion) schism, division


ⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ

ⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ • (ouōnš) m

From Demotic wnš, from Egyptian wn:n-S-E17 (wnš).

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">wnš</i>

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) wolf


ⲥⲃⲱ

cop-noun

ⲥⲃⲱ • (sbō) f (plural (S) ⲥⲃⲟⲟⲩⲉ (sbooue) or (S) ⲥⲃⲱⲟⲩⲉ (sbōoue) or (B) ⲥⲃⲱⲟⲩⲓ (sbōoui) or (F) ⲥⲃⲁⲟⲩⲓ (sbaoui))

sbō (romanization)
ⲥⲃⲟⲟⲩⲉ (sbooue) (plural)
ⲥⲃⲱⲟⲩⲉ (sbōoue) (plural)
ⲥⲃⲱⲟⲩⲓ (sbōoui) (plural)
ⲥⲃⲁⲟⲩⲓ (sbaoui) (plural)

From Demotic  (sbꜣ.t), from Egyptian s-b-sbA-A-i-i-t:Y1 (sbꜣyt).

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">sbꜣyt</i>

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic) teaching, doctrine


ⲟⲩⲏⲣ

head

ⲟⲩⲏⲣ • (ouēr)

From Egyptian wr:r (wr, “great, big”), also used to ask how much.

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">wr</i>

(Akhmimic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic, Sahidic) how many


ⲛⲓⲙ

From Demotic nm (“who”), from Egyptian n:nm*m-D38 (nmj), contracted from i-n (jn, particle introducing an emphasized subject) + m-D38 (mj, “who, what”).

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">nmj</i>

(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Bohairic, Fayyumic) who


ⲛⲓⲙ

From Demotic (nb, “every, all”), from Egyptian nb (nb, “every, all”).

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">nb</i>

(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic, Oxyrhynchite) every, all


ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ

cop-noun

ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ • (halōm) m

→ Egyptian Arabic: حلوم (ḥālūm)

→ Greek: χαλλούμι (challoúmi)

→ English: halloumi

From Demotic ḥlm (“cheese”). Most likely borrowed from a Semitic language, probably a form similar to *ḥallāmaw; compare Arabic حَلَمَة (ḥalama, “nipple”), but also note Egyptian ẖnmt (“wet-nurse”).

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan) cheese


ⲙⲁ

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) place