Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word koya.
Examples
-
Pamela shows me a world of new ingredients: dried sour plums, delicate sheets of gold leaf and the creamy coloured blocks of evaporated milk known as koya.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
-
They opened temple-seminaries (tera-koya) and exercise halls (dojo) where youths of all classes could obtain instruction and where an excellent series of text-books was used, the Iroha-uta* the
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
-
Academies for youth of uji, Gaku-in; temple-schools, iera-koya; established by Yoshinao; the Honga school; schools in Yedo and Osaka; for court nobles
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
-
Originally vagrants, they were permanently settled in Matsue by some famous daimyo, who built for them small houses -- _koya_ -- on the bank of the canal.
Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877
-
[Illustration: Type of old Indian woman] "Is that all that causes you trouble, koya?"
The Delight Makers Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier 1877
-
Cultural troupes drawn from various districts, including the koya dance troupes from Khammam, chakke bhajana from Prakasam and guravaiahulu from Tenali added colour to the celebrations.
-
On Tuesday the 31st of March, The KNN TV network presented a programme on the lack of public services in Taq Taq, a small town in the vicinity of koya.
unknown title 2009
-
"The _koya-no-mono_ are slaughterers and dealers in hides.
Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877
-
"There are four distinct outcast classes in Matsue and its environs: the _hachiya_, the _koya-no-mono_, the _yama-no-mono_, and the _eta_ of Suguta.
Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877
-
"Topanashka, the maseua," he said; "you are right, koya, this is a wise thought.
The Delight Makers Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier 1877
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.