こい

See also: ごい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Cognate with standard Japanese これ (kore, “this thing”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ko̞i]

Pronoun

こい • (koi) 

  1. (dialect, Kagoshima) this thing
    • 1984 November 15, Motoka Murakami, “示(じ)現(げん)流(りゅう)・日(ひ)高(だか)の巻(まき)”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) (六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん)), volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 37:
      こいは堅(かた)か椎(しい)の木(き)じゃっ。高(たか)さは人(ひと)ん背(せ)丈(たけ)と同(おな)じ173～182(ひゃくななじゅうさん～ひゃくはちじゅうに)センチ直(ちょっ)径(けい)は15(じゅうご)センチ。
      Koi wa kataka shī no ki ja'. Takasa wa hiton setake to onaji hyakunanajūsan~hyakuhachijūni senchi chokkei wa jūgo senchi.
      Dis post’s made o’ hard chinkapin wood. It’s 173 to 182 cm tall, about an adult’s height, and 15 cm wide.

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of こい – see the following entries.
【濃い】
[adjective] deep (color), strong (flavor, smell, etc.)
[adjective] dense
【恋】S
[noun] love, especially romantic love
[noun] longing, yearning
[proper noun] a female given name
【鯉】J
[noun] carp, specifically, the common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
[proper noun] a surname
Alternative spelling
コイ
【来い】
[verb] imperative of 来る
【故意】
[noun] intention, purpose
[noun] bad faith
[noun] (law) mens rea (guilty mind)
(This term, こい, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as こい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こい.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 請い, 古意, 虎威.)

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