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-Uralic *koje ~ *koja. Cognates include Mordovian ki, Mari kije, and Komi ke̮j.

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

Declension of koi (type koi)

	singular	plural
nominative	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

• koirohi
• õunakoi
• ihnuskoi
• raamatukoi

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

Declension of koi (type koi)

	singular	plural
nominative	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

Declension of koi (type koi)

	singular	plural
nominative	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

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *koje.

Noun

koi

1. (archaic) dawn

Declension

Declension of koi (Kotus type 18/maa)

		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

• (dawn): aamunkoi, aamunkoitto, sarastus

Derived terms

• kointähti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *koje, *kuja.

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

Declension of koi (Kotus type 18/maa)

		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

• koinsyömä
• koipallo
• koipussi
• koiska

See also

• perhonen
• toukka

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Japanese 鯉 (koi).

Noun

koi

1. koi carp

Declension

Declension of koi (Kotus type 18/maa)

		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

• 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