koi

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

From Japanese 鯉 (koi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ
• Homophone: coy

Noun

koi (plural koi)

1. Ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring.
   • 1985 September 2, Joe Klein, quoting Douglas S. Cramer, “The Real Star of ‘Dynasty’”, in New York, page 34:

     We sense that while it might be wonderful for Krystle and Alexis to have a catfight in a koi pond, it would be inappropriate for Joan to smack Linda with a koi.

Synonyms

• (Cyprinus rubrofuscus): koi carp

Translations

Anagrams

• oik

Choctaw

Etymology

From English cougar.

Noun

koi

1. cougar
2. mountain lion
3. puma.

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *koi, from Proto-Uralic *käjä. Cognate with Finnish koi.

Noun

koi (genitive koi, partitive koid)

1. (insects) clothes moth (Tineola)
2. some other species of moth, such as the apple fruit moth (Argyresthia conjugella, õunakoi)

Declension

Synonyms

• koiliblikas
• riidekoi

Derived terms

• õunakoi
• ihnuskoi
• raamatukoi
• koirohi

See also

• liblikas
• röövik
• tõuk

Etymology 2

From Low German koje (“tight room, bed on a ship”).

Noun

koi (genitive koi, partitive koid)

1. berth (a bed on a ship or boat), bunk bed

Declension

See also

• koiku

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoi̯/,
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): koi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *koi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *käjä. Cognate with Estonian koi, Erzya ки (ki).

Noun

koi

1. (insects) moth: common clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella

   Synonyms: vaatekoi (more specific), koiperhonen

2. (insects) any of the moths in the family Tineidae
3. (pathology, archaic) cancer

   Synonym: syöpä

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• perhonen
• toukka

References

Further reading

• “1. koi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *koi, from Proto-Uralic *koje.

Noun

koi (archaic)

1. dawn

Declension

Synonyms

• (dawn): aamunkoi, aamunkoitto, sarastus

Derived terms

Further reading

• “2. koi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Japanese 鯉 (koi).

Noun

koi

1. koi carp

Declension

Synonyms

• koikarppi, koi-karppi, koristekarppi

Derived terms

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Anagrams

• oik.

French

Pronoun

koi

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative spelling of quoi

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko̯i/

Verb

koi

1. to urge

Derived terms

• kōina

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *koi. Cognates include Finnish koi and Estonian koi.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkoi̯/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkoi̯/,
• Rhymes: -oi̯
• Hyphenation: koi

Noun

koi

1. moth

Declension

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 183

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 開／开 (kāi). Related to nqoi.

Verb

koi 

1. (transitive) to open

Japanese

Romanization

koi

1. Rōmaji transcription of こい

Karelian

Noun

koi

1. moth

Lindu

Noun

koi

1. bed

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Temerloh, Pahang) IPA^(key): /koi̯/

Pronoun

koi

1. me, I

See also

• aku
• beta
• saya

Maori

Adjective

koi

1. sharp

Noun

koi

1. spike

Palauan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 濃い (koi, “dark”).

Noun

koi

1. gray, darkish color

See also

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.i/

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• Rhymes: -ɔi
• Syllabification: ko‧i

Verb

koi

1. third-person singular present of koić

Primitive Irish

Romanization

koi

1. Romanization of ᚕᚑᚔ

Sahu

Etymology

From Ternate koi (“banana”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.i/

Noun

koi

1. banana

   Synonym: bele

References

• Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

Ternate

Etymology

Possibly related to Tabaru koyu (“banana”), synonym of the more common Tabaru term bole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.i/

Noun

koi (Jawi کوي)

1. banana

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Etymology

From *kori, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kerit. Compare Yogad kerrit.

Verb

koi

1. to scratch

Tuvaluan

Particle

koi

1. continuous action marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *koi.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkoi̯/,
• Rhymes: -oi̯
• Hyphenation: koi

Noun

koi

1. moth, clothes moth

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “koi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn