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koi.

moth: common clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella

3 characters1 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkoi̯/[ˈko̞i̯]

  1. moth: common clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella

  2. any of the moths in the family Tineidae

  3. cancer

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *koi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *käjä. Cognate with Estonian koi, Erzya ки (ki).

noun/ˈkoi̯/[ˈko̞i̯]

  1. dawn

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈkoi̯/[ˈko̞i̯]

  1. koi carp

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Japanese 鯉 (koi).

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