different between koa vs koi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian koa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k???/

Noun

koa (plural koas or koa)

1. Acacia koa, a species of large tree in the family Fabaceae which is endemic to and common on the islands of Hawaii; or the wood of this tree.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 59:

     As you get higher, native vegetation takes over, so a prospect might be framed by the dangling leaves of the beautiful koa tree, each leaf a gently curved, trembling sickle.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 122:

     At her funeral, Likelike's body was placed in a polished koa coffin, adorned with sprays of gardenia […].

See also

• koa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, Oka, oak, oka

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koa]

Noun

koa

1. rain

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Bola

Noun

koa

1. grasshopper

References

• Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 3

Garo

Verb

koa

1. to stitch

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *toa (compare Maori toa), from Proto-Oceanic *toRas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (compare Indonesian teras (“heart, pith (of wood)”)).

Noun

koa

1. warrior
2. koa (tree)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *toqa (compare Maori toa (“brave”)).

Verb

koa

1. (stative) to be brave, military

Derived terms

• Kekoa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Chinese, probably Hokkien ? (kòa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?koa]
• Hyphenation: koa

Noun

koa (first-person possessive koaku, second-person possessive koamu, third-person possessive koanya)

1. (gaming) a Chinese card game.

Alternative forms

• kua

Further reading

• “koa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

English

Etymology

From Japanese ? (koi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??/
• Rhymes: -??
• 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

Anagrams

• oik

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

Synonyms

• koiliblikas
• riidekoi

Derived terms

• õunakoi
• ihnuskoi
• raamatukoi
• koirohi

See also

• liblikas
• röövik
• tõuk

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?/, [?ko?i?]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification: 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

Synonyms

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

Compounds

Derived terms

• koiska

See also

• perhonen
• toukka

Etymology 2

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

Noun

koi

1. (archaic) dawn

Declension

Synonyms

• (dawn): aamunkoi, aamunkoitto, sarastus

Derived terms

• koittaa
• kointähti

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Japanese ? (koi).

Noun

koi

1. koi carp

Declension

Synonyms

• koikarppi, koi-karppi, koristekarppi

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• oik.

French

Pronoun

koi ?

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

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *koi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *koje. Cognates include Finnish koi and Estonian koi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koi?/

Noun

koi (genitive koin, partitive koita)

1. moth

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[1]

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese ?. Related to nqoi.

Verb

koi 

1. (transitive) to open

Japanese

Romanization

koi

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Karelian

Noun

koi

1. moth

Lindu

Noun

koi

1. bed

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Temerloh, Pahang) IPA^(key): /koi?/

Pronoun

koi

1. me, I

See also

• aku
• beta
• saya

Maori

Adjective

koi

1. sharp

Noun

koi

1. spike

Palauan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (koi, “dark”).

Noun

koi

1. gray, darkish color

See also

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.i/

Verb

koi

1. third-person singular present of koi?

Primitive Irish

Romanization

koi

1. Romanization of ???

Tuvaluan

Particle

koi

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