Meaning: ⳝⲁⲕ can be analysed in several ways: ⳝⲁⲕⲕⲁ < ⳝⲁⲗ-ⲕⲁ, possibly from ⳝⲁⲗⲗ-, service'; ⳝⲁⲕⲕⲁ < ⳝⲁⲛ-ⲕⲁ, possibly from ⳝⲁⲛ-, ‘to buy/to sell; share, profit, price’; ⳝⲁⲕ-ⲕⲁ < ⳝⲁⲅ-ⲕⲁ, possibly cognate with the Nobiin ⳝⲁⲅ-, 'to be put into sth', 'to fall into sth', 'to be afraid'.