Etymology

oipe

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Today it means: An Ancient Egyptian dry measure of volume equivalent to 4 heqats (about 19.2 litres or 0.54 bushels). Full definition →

cop-sah ⲟⲉⲓⲡⲉ ← Demotic Egyptian jpy.t ← Egyptian jpt
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  1. Egyptian · derived fromjpt
  2. Demotic Egyptian · derived fromjpy.t
  3. cop-sah · borrowed fromⲟⲉⲓⲡⲉ
  4. English todayoipe

Borrowed from Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲉⲓⲡⲉ (oeipe), ⲟⲓⲡⲉ (oipe), from Demotic Egyptian jpy.t, from Egyptian jpt. Doublet of ephah.

Words from the same roots

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ephah

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