koi

See also: ko'i and Ko I

English

Koi.

Etymology

From Japanese 鯉 (koi).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

koi (plural koi)

  1. Ornamental domesticated varieties of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring

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Estonian

Etymology 1

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

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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): [koi]
  • Rhymes: -oi
  • Hyphenation: koi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *koi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *koje. Cognate with Estonian koi.

Noun

koi

  1. (insects) short form of vaatekoi Tineola bisselliella, common clothes moth, often only a moth
  2. (insects) any of the moths in the family Tineidae
  3. (pathology, archaic) cancer; see etymology section of syöpä (“cancer”)
Declension
Inflection of koi (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative koi koit
genitive koin koiden
koitten
partitive koita koita
illative koihin koihin
singular plural
nominative koi koit
accusative nom. koi koit
gen. koin
genitive koin koiden
koitten
partitive koita koita
inessive koissa koissa
elative koista koista
illative koihin koihin
adessive koilla koilla
ablative koilta koilta
allative koille koille
essive koina koina
translative koiksi koiksi
instructive — koin
abessive koitta koitta
comitative — koineen
Synonyms
  • (clothes moth): koiperhonen
  • (cancer): syöpä
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Japanese 鯉 (koi).

Noun

koi

  1. koi carp
Declension
Inflection of koi (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative koi koit
genitive koin koiden
koitten
partitive koita koita
illative koihin koihin
singular plural
nominative koi koit
accusative nom. koi koit
gen. koin
genitive koin koiden
koitten
partitive koita koita
inessive koissa koissa
elative koista koista
illative koihin koihin
adessive koilla koilla
ablative koilta koilta
allative koille koille
essive koina koina
translative koiksi koiksi
instructive — koin
abessive koitta koitta
comitative — koineen
Synonyms

Etymology 3

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

Noun

koi

  1. (archaic) dawn
Declension
Inflection of koi (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative koi koit
genitive koin koiden
koitten
partitive koita koita
illative koihin koihin
singular plural
nominative koi koit
accusative nom. koi koit
gen. koin
genitive koin koiden
koitten
partitive koita koita
inessive koissa koissa
elative koista koista
illative koihin koihin
adessive koilla koilla
ablative koilta koilta
allative koille koille
essive koina koina
translative koiksi koiksi
instructive — koin
abessive koitta koitta
comitative — koineen
Synonyms
Derived terms

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

French

Pronoun

koi

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

Ingrian

Noun

koi

  1. moth

Japanese

Romanization

koi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こい

Karelian

Noun

koi

  1. moth

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

koi

  1. me, I

See also

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

Colors in Palauan · bedengel, chiro (layout · text)
     becheleleu      koi (?)      chedelekelek      cheriich, bedengel a chutem
                          bekerkard, rirch ; bungungau              bibrurek, berorou              bibrurek, mellil, merir
             bedengel a biib (?)              bedengel a biib, bedengel a chudel                           mellemau
             mellemau, bedengel a eanged              mellemau, bedengel a daob              ulalk              ulalk

Primitive Irish

Romanization

koi

  1. Romanization of ᚕᚑᚔ

Tuvaluan

Particle

koi

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