коя

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Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

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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

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Verb

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ко́я (kója) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective коя́вам)

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

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  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “куевят”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 78

Etymology 2

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

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Pronoun

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коя́ (kojáf 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.
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References

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  • коя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Russian

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Determiner

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ко́я (kója)

  1. nominative feminine singular of кой (koj)