ⲗⲁⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Egyptian snake extruding its tongue

ⲗⲉⲥ (les) – Fayyumic, Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic ls (“tongue”), from Egyptian ns (“tongue”) */lis/, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *lis (“tongue”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

Noun

ⲗⲁⲥ (las) m

(Sahidic, Bohairic) tongue
(Bohairic) language

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