κῦφι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κοῖφῐ (koîphi)

Etymology

From Egyptian kꜣpt (“incense”), from kꜣp (“to cense”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kŷː.pʰi/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.pʰi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ɸi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.fi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.fi/

Noun

κῦφῐ • (kûphi) n (genitive κῡ́φεως); third declension

kind of Egyptian compound incense

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

→ Latin: cȳphi, cȳfi, quīfi
- >? Catalan: xufla, xufa
- >? Spanish: chufa
  - → English: chufa

Further reading

“κῦφι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κῦφι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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