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moni

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See also: Moni, Móni, mõni, mónǐ, moni-, and möni-

Chichewa

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Etymology

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Unknown; possibilities include English morning (short for good morning), or a worn-down form of kuona (to see) or moyoni (life to you).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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móni

  1. hello!

Chuukese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English money.

Noun

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moni

  1. money

Cicipu

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Noun

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moni

  1. water

References

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *moni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *mone; see them for cognates and more information.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmoni/, [ˈmo̞ni]
  • Rhymes: -oni
  • Hyphenation(key): mo‧ni

Determiner

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moni

  1. many
    Moni opiskelija joutuu elämään toimeentulon rajoilla.
    Many students are forced to live at the subsistence level.
    Join aika monta olutta.
    I had quite a few beers.

Pronoun

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moni

  1. (indefinite) many (when used on its own, often but not always refers to people)
    Synonym: usea
    Moni voisi ajatella samoin.
    Many people could think the same.
    Monelta(ko) päivällinen on?
    What time is the dinner?
    (literally, “At how many-th (hour) is the dinner?”)
  2. (in compounds) poly-, multi-, many-
    monityydyttymätönpolyunsaturated
    monikielinenmultilingual
    monipuolinenmany-sided
  3. (aika ~ or melko ~) few, quite a few
    Melko moni tahtoo olutta.
    Quite a few people want beer.

Usage notes

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When used as the grammatical subject in a sentence, the use of moni differs according to the linguistic style.

  • In formal Finnish, moni is the plural marker and the following noun (if any) and verb are in the singular.
    moni lapsi syö puuroa aamiaiseksi (formal style)
    many children eat porridge for breakfast
    (literally, “many a child eats porridge for breakfast”)
  • In informal Finnish the plural form "monet" is used and the modified noun and the following verb are plural.
    monet lapset syövät puuroa aamiaiseksi (informal style)
    many children eat porridge for breakfast

When used as the grammatical object in a sentence, both moni and the noun it qualifies follow the case dictated by the verb.

Pystyn vaikuttamaan moniin ihmisiin. (illative as governed by vaikuttaa)
I'm able to influence many people.
Rakastan montaa ihmistä. (partitive case dictated by rakastaa; double partitive (montaa) necessary as "monta" has been reanalyzed as nominative)
I love many people.

Declension

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  • Note the colloquial essive singular form monna and the double partitive montaa.

Derived terms

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adverbs
determiners
proper nouns
compounds

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *moni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *mone. Cognates include Finnish moni and Estonian mõni.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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moni

  1. a lot, many

Declension

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Declension of moni (type 5/keeli, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative moni monet
genitive monen monniin, moniloin
partitive monta, mont monnia, moniloja
illative monnee monnii, moniloihe
inessive mones monis, monilois
elative monest monist, moniloist
allative monelle monille, moniloille
adessive monel monil, moniloil
ablative monelt monilt, moniloilt
translative moneks moniks, moniloiks
essive monenna, monneen moninna, moniloinna, monniin, moniloin
exessive1) monent monint, moniloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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moni class 9/10 (plural moni)

  1. ear lobe

Holonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  • “moni” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 263. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Maori

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Noun

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moni

  1. money, cash

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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From English money.

Noun

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moni

  1. money

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmoniː/

Noun

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moni

  1. accusative/genitive singular of monni

Samoan

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Adjective

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moni

  1. real
  2. related by blood; biological

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English money.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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moni

  1. money

Tahitian

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Noun

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moni

  1. money

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English money.

Noun

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moni

  1. money
  2. currency
  3. dollar

Volapük

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Noun

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moni

  1. accusative singular of mon