koi

§English

Wikipedia

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

§Synonyms

• (Cyprinus carpio): koi carp

§Translations

variety of carp

• Chinese: 

  Mandarin: 錦鯉, 锦鲤 (jǐnlǐ)

• Finnish: koristekarppi
• German: Koi (de) m, Koi-Karpfen m

• Irish: carbán koi m
• Japanese: 錦鯉 (にしきごい, nishikigoi), ニシキゴイ (nishikigoi), 鯉 (ja) (こい, koi), コイ (koi)
• Russian: карп кои m (karp kói), кои m, f (kói)

§Anagrams

• oik

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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

Inflection of koi (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	koi	koid
accusative	koi	koid
genitive	koi	koide
partitive	koid	koisid
illative	koisse	koidesse
inessive	kois	koides
elative	koist	koidest
allative	koile	koidele
adessive	koil	koidel
ablative	koilt	koidelt
translative	koiks	koideks
terminative	koini	koideni
essive	koina	koidena
abessive	koita	koideta
comitative	koiga	koidega

§Synonyms

• koiliblikas
• riidekoi

§Derived terms

• õunakoi
• ihnuskoi
• raamatukoi
• koirohi

§See also

• liblikas
• röövik
• tõuk

§Etymology 2

§Noun

koi (genitive koi, partitive koid)

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

§Declension

Inflection of koi (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	koi	koid
accusative	koi	koid
genitive	koi	koide
partitive	koid	koisid
illative	koisse	koidesse
inessive	kois	koides
elative	koist	koidest
allative	koile	koidele
adessive	koil	koidel
ablative	koilt	koidelt
translative	koiks	koideks
terminative	koini	koideni
essive	koina	koidena
abessive	koita	koideta
comitative	koiga	koidega

§See also

• koiku

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§Finnish

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koi]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Hyphenation: koi

§Etymology 1

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

§Noun

koi

1. (archaic) dawn

§Declension

Inflection of koi (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

		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		koilleˣ	koilleˣ
essive		koina	koina
translative		koiksi	koiksi
instructive		—	koin
abessive		koitta	koitta
comitative		—	koineen

§Synonyms

• (dawn): aamunkoi, aamunkoitto, sarastus

§Derived terms

• kointähti

§Etymology 2

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)

		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		koilleˣ	koilleˣ
essive		koina	koina
translative		koiksi	koiksi
instructive		—	koin
abessive		koitta	koitta
comitative		—	koineen

§Synonyms

• (clothes moth): koiperhonen
• (cancer): syöpä

§Derived terms

• koinsyömä
• koipallo
• koipussi
• koiska

§See also

• perhonen
• toukka

§Etymology 3

Ultimately from Japanese 鯉 (koi).

§Noun

koi

1. koi carp

§Declension

Inflection of koi (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

		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		koilleˣ	koilleˣ
essive		koina	koina
translative		koiksi	koiksi
instructive		—	koin
abessive		koitta	koitta
comitative		—	koineen

§Synonyms

• koikarppi, koi-karppi, koristekarppi

§References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

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§French

§Abbreviation

koi

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) quoi

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§Japanese

§Romanization

koi

1. rōmaji reading of こい

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§Lojban

§Cmavo

koi

1. (sumti tcita: x₁-sumti modal of korbi) bounded by

§Rafsi

koi

1. rafsi of korbi.

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§Malay

§Pronunciation

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

§Pronoun

koi

1. me, I

§See also

• aku
• beta
• saya

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§Maori

§Adjective

koi

1. sharp

§Noun

koi

1. spike

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§Primitive Irish

§Adverb

koi

1. Romanization of ᚕᚑᚔ (koi): here.

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§Tuvaluan

§Particle

koi

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