moni

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

Chichewa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmó.ni/

Interjection

móni!

  1. hello!

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English money.

Noun

moni

  1. money

Cicipu

Noun

moni

  1. water

Reference

Finnish

Etymology

Cognate to Estonian mõni (“some”), Ingrian moni (“many, some”), Ingrian monikas (“some one, few”), Karelian moni, Karelian monies (“few, some one”), Votic meni, Votic menikaz (“few”), Estonian mõnd (“many”), Livonian muunda (“many”), Northern Sami moanak, Udmurt мында (mynda, “as much as”), Udmurt со мында (so mynda, “so much”). Compare Proto-Uralic *enä (“big”).

Pronoun

moni

  1. (indefinite, as a modifier) Many.
    Moni opiskelija joutuu elämään toimeentulon rajoilla.
    Many students are forced to live at the subsistence level.
  2. (indefinite, without a noun, refers often to people) Many people.
    Moni voisi ajatella samoin.
    Many people could think the same.
  3. As a modifier in a compound term, signifies poly-, multi- or many-.
  4. Together with determiner aika or melko, may also be translated as few.
    • Join aika monta olutta.
      I had quite a few beers.
    • Melko moni tahtoo olutta.
      Quite a few people want beer.

Usage notes

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.

In informal Finnish the plural form "monet" is used and the modified noun and the following verb are plural.

  • moni lapsi syö puuroa aamiaiseksi (written language style)
    • many children eat porridge for breakfast
      • =many a child eats porridge for breakfast
  • monet lapset syövät puuroa aamiaiseksi (spoken language 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 case dictated by vaikuttaa)
    • I'm able to influence many people..
  • rakastan monta ihmistä (partitive case dictated by rakastaa)
    • I love many people

Declension

Declension of moni (type tiili)
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative moni monetsuperessive moniaalla –
genitive monen moniendelative moniaalta –
partitive monta moniasublative moniaalle –
accusative moni monetlative – –
inessive monessa monissatemporal – –
elative monesta monistacausative – –
illative moneen moniinmultiplicative monesti –
adessive monella monilladistributive – –
ablative monelta moniltatemp. dist. – –
allative monelle monilleprolative – –
essive monena
(monna)		 moninasituative – –
translative moneksi moniksioppositive – –
instructive – monin
abessive monetta monitta
comitative – monine
  • ) declension type number 23 (tiili); except of colloquial essive singular form monna.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Anagrams

Ingrian

Pronoun

moni

  1. some

Maori

Noun

moni

  1. money, cash

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English money.

Noun

moni

  1. money

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmoniː/

Noun

moni

  1. accusative and genitive singular of monni

Samoan

Adjective

moni

  1. real
  2. related by blood; biological

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English money.

Noun

moni

  1. money

Tahitian

Noun

moni

  1. money

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English money.

Noun

moni

  1. money
  2. currency
  3. dollar

Volapük

Noun

moni

  1. accusative singular of mon
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