Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oipe

/ɔɪpə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oipe
IPA: /ɔɪpə/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Ancient Egyptian dry measure of volume equivalent to 4 heqats (about 19.2 litres or 0.54 bushels).

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Egyptian

Word Breakdown

Root: jpy.t, jpt

Inflected Forms

oipes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce oipe?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɔɪpə/.
What does oipe mean?: An Ancient Egyptian dry measure of volume equivalent to 4 heqats (about 19.2 litres or 0.54 bushels).
Where does oipe come from?: It is traced to Egyptian.

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