こい

See also: ごい

Japanese

Adjective

こい (-i inflection, rōmaji koi)

  1. 濃い: dark, deep, thick

Noun

こい (rōmaji koi)

  1. 恋: love
  2. 鯉: carp
  3. 故意: deliberate, intentional
  4. 請い, 乞い: a request

Pronoun

こい (rōmaji koi)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of これ (kore, “this thing”), representing Kagoshima Japanese.
    • 1984 November 15, Murakami, Motoka, “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センチ直 (ちょっ)径 (けい)は15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 173~182 cm tall, about an adult’s height, and 15 cm wide.

Verb

こい (rōmaji koi)

  1. 来い: come, the imperative of 来 (く)る (kuru)
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