коя

From Proto-Slavic *kojiti (“to heed”), cognate with Polish koić, Slovak kojiť. Attested mainly with pejorative sense to heed, to soothe > to please one's desires in its perfective form *коя̀вам > куѐвам (with dialectal reduction of unaccented median *-o- > -у-).

In other Slavic languages, the same verb has drifted towards the meaning to nurse like in Czech kojit, dialectal Serbo-Croatian kojiti.

• IPA^(key):

ко́я • (kója) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective коя́вам)

1. (transitive, dialectal) to please, to satisfy child's desires

   Synonym: угаждам (ugaždam)

• покой (pokoj, “repose, peace”)
  • успокоя (uspokoja, “to calm down”)
  • безпокоя (bezpokoja, “to worry, to disturb”)
• почивам (počivam, “to rest”)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “куевят”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 78

Feminine form of кой m (koj, “who”), from Proto-Slavic *koja.

• IPA^(key):

коя́ • (kojá) f sg (interrogative)

1. feminine singular of кой (koj); who, what, which

   Коя е тази жена?

   Koja e tazi žena?

   Who is that woman?

   Коя жена би се омъжила за него?

   Koja žena bi se omǎžila za nego?

   What woman would marry him?

   Не можеха да решат коя песен да пуснат.

   Ne možeha da rešat koja pesen da pusnat.

   They couldn't decide which song to play.

• “коя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

• IPA^(key):

ко́я • (kója)

1. nominative feminine singular of кой (koj)