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oipe

/ɔɪpə/

oipe noun: an Ancient Egyptian dry measure of volume equivalent to 4 heqats (about 19.2 litres or 0.54 bushels).

Noun

oipe (plural oipe or oipes)

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

Forms of oipe

pluraloipe
pluraloipes

Origin of oipe

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

Questions about oipe

What does oipe mean?
Oipe means an Ancient Egyptian dry measure of volume equivalent to 4 heqats (about 19.2 litres or 0.54 bushels).
What part of speech is oipe?
Oipe is a noun.
How do you pronounce oipe?
Oipe is pronounced /ɔɪpə/.
What is the plural of oipe?
The plural of oipe is oipe.

Words near oipe in the dictionary

  1. ointmentlike
  2. ointments
  3. oints
  4. Oio
  5. oioxenous
  6. oipe
  7. oipes
  8. OIr
  9. oiran
  10. oirans
  11. Oirat

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