ⲙⲁⲩ

Egyptian mother with children

• ⲙⲁⲁⲩ (maau) — Sahidic

• IPA^(key): (Classical Coptic) /maw/
• IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /mav/

From Demotic mwt, from Egyptian mwt (“mother”),

ⲙⲁⲩ • (mau) f

1. (Bohairic) mother

• ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (mōou) — Bohairic
• ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou) — Sahidic
• ⲙⲁⲟⲩ (maou) — Akhmimic

Water

From Demotic mw (“water”), from Egyptian mw (“water”),

Related to Proto-Semitic *maʾ-. Cf. Arabic مَاء‎ (māʔ) or Hebrew מַיִם‎ (máyim).

ⲙⲁⲩ • (mau) ?

1. (Fayyumic) water