ⲟⲩⲱⲧⲉⲃ

Coptic

Etymology
From Demotic wtb (“pass over, turn”), from Egyptian
V24bF46
D54
(wḏb, “turn (around)”).

Noun

ⲟⲩⲱⲧⲉⲃ • (ouōteb) m

  1. transmigration, emigration
    Ⲓⲱⲥⲓⲁⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥϫⲫⲉ Ⲓⲉⲭⲟⲛⲓⲁⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉϥⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ ϩⲓ ⲡⲓⲟⲩⲱⲧⲉⲃ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲉ Ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ. ― Iōsias de afčphe Iekhonias nem nefsnēou hi piouōteb ebol nte Babulōn. ― And Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers in the transmigration out from Babylon.

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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