Note 3 — Chapter CV
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
Mortuary gifts , meals offered to the departed. The meaning of the compound group is plain enough from the determinatives, and such frequent forms as “consisting of bread and beer,” but the origin of it is not so clear. The usual meaning of like that of the Coptic ϧⲣⲱⲟⲩ is voice, but in the present group it stands for corresponding to ϧⲣⲉ, plur. ϧⲣⲏⲟⲩⲓ, τροφὴ, βρώματα, ἐδέσματα,, and is to be understood as in the very common formula .
