коя

See also: коа

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kojiti (to heed), cognate with Polish koić, Slovak kojiť. Attested mainly with pejorative sense to heed, to soothe > to please one's desires in its perfective form *коя̀вам > куѐвам (with dialectal reduction of unaccented median *-o- > -у-).

In other Slavic languages, the same verb has drifted towards the meaning to nurse like in Czech kojit, dialectal Serbo-Croatian kojiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔjə]

Verb

ко́я (kója) impf (perfective коя́вам)

  1. (transitive, dialectal) to please, to satisfy child's desires
    Synonym: угаждам (ugaždam)
Conjugation

References

Etymology 2

Feminine form of кой m (koj, who), from Proto-Slavic *koja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koˈja̟]

Pronoun

коя́ (kojá) f sg (interrogative)

  1. feminine singular of кой (koj); who, what, which
    Коя е тази жена?
    Koja e tazi žena?
    Who is that woman?
    Коя жена би се омъжила за него?
    Koja žena bi se omǎžila za nego?
    What woman would marry him?
    Не можеха да решат коя песен да пуснат.
    Ne možeha da rešat koja pesen da pusnat.
    They couldn't decide which song to play.

References

  • коя in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
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