ⲙⲁϫⲉ ⲕⲗⲏ

By surface analysis, ⲙⲁⲁϫⲉ (maaje, “ear”) +‎ ⲕⲗⲏ (klē, “cat”), with antecedent in Demotic Egyptian msḏ n ḳljt.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmaʔt͡ʃəˈkleː/

ⲙⲁϫⲉ ⲕⲗⲏ • (maje klē) f (plural ⲙⲁϫⲉ ⲕⲗⲏ (maje klē))

1. cat's ear (Hypochaeris radicata)

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 55
• Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 102