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) [Hidaka of Jigen Style]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], 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 (koi), 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.)