ⲣⲟ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /roʔ/

Etymology 1

From Demotic rꜣ (“mouth, door”), from Egyptian rꜣ, r(ꜣ) (“mouth, door, opening”),

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Noun

ⲣⲟ • (ro) m (plural ⲣⲱⲟⲩ (rōou), nominal form ⲣⲉ- (re-) or ⲣⲁ- (ra-), pronominal form ⲣⲱ⸗ (rō⸗))

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic) mouth
  2. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic) door, entrance, gate
  3. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic) opening

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
Vase in the shape of a duck

Etymology 2

From Demotic rꜣ (“a duck”). Coined by Claudius Labib in ca. 1900.

Noun

ⲣⲟ • (ro) m

  1. (Bohairic) duck
Synonyms
  • ⲕⲩⲕⲛⲟⲥ (kuknos)

References
  • Labib, Claudius (1915) ⲡⲓⲗⲉⲝⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲛϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ
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