koi

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (insects) short form of vaatekoi , common clothes moth, often only a moth
  • (insects) any of the moths in the family Tineidae
  • (pathology) cancer; see etymology section of syöpä (cancer)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *koi inherited from *koje.

Origin

*koje

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