ⲭⲱ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic ḫꜣ(ꜥ), from Egyptian

(ḫꜣꜥ, throw, put, abandon).

Pronunciation

  • (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /kʰoːʔ/
  • (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): /kuʔ/
  • (Greco-Bohairic) IPA(key): /ko/

Verb

ⲭⲱ • (khō) (nominal state ⲭⲁ-, pronominal state ⲭⲁ⸗, stative ⲭⲏ)

  1. (transitive, Bohairic) to put, to place
  2. (transitive, Bohairic) to release, to set free
  3. (transitive, Bohairic) to loosen

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