[RemEnKimi] Nairouz

[Szelog, Mike]

Hello all/Nofri nwten, 

In checking my dictionaries and grammars for Egyptian, the phrase "wbt
rnp.t" was, as Imad mentioned, used for New Year. As I mentioned in my last
post, rnp.t is the exact same word as the phrase "ti rompi". 

Wbt comes from the verb "wbi" which means "to open" - I'm rusty on my
Egyptian grammar, but I'm kind of thinking the -t on the end of this verb
may turn it into a noun (English as well as other languages have grammatical
devices for doing this - "to play", but "the playER").

Thus, the Egyptian would translate as "The Opening of the Year" - a rather
nice way of indicating the New Year. 

With that being said, I'm now curious to know what the Coptic word for "to
open" or "opening" is - anyone care to answer?! Also, is "klom" the word for
"crown"? It appears not to be a Greek borrowing, but it sounds a bit odd for
an Egyptian word too; that 'kl' combination just doesn't sound Egyptian, but
I don't know.  

Mike S


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