moni

See also: Appendix:Variations of "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

References

• Stuart McGill, Markus Yabani, Cicipu dictionary (with English and Hausa finderlists), version 0.1

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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

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-

   monityydyttymätön ― polyunsaturated

   monikielinen ― multilingual

   monipuolinen ― many-sided

3. a few, quite a few (usually with a qualifier like aika or melko)

   Melko moni tahtoo olutta.

   Quite a few people want beer.

Usage notes

• Whether moni is used in the singular or plural when actually referring to individual (singular) things in the real world, depends on the linguistic style.
  • In formal Finnish, moni is in lexically singular and the following noun (if any) and verb are in the singular, though semantically the word and what it qualifies are plural.

    Moni lapsi syö puuroa aamiaiseksi.

    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.

    Many children eat porridge for breakfast.

    Pystyn vaikuttamaan moniin ihmisiin. (illative as governed by vaikuttaa)

    I'm able to influence many people.

• The partitive singular form monta has an additional "double" partitive, montaa. This is due to the fact that the word lacks an accusative singular form (*monen), which has led to the use of the partitive case for both telic and atelic senses that are normally indicated by the accusative case and the partitive case, respectively. The accusative plural may be used synonymously, especially in more formal language.

  Rakastan montaa ihmistä. (partitive case dictated by rakastaa)

  I love many people.

  (literally, “I love many a person.”)

  Laitoin monta koiraa häkkiin.

  I placed many dogs into a cage.

  (literally, “I placed many a dog into a cage.”)

  Laitoin monet koirat häkkiin.

  I placed [all of the] many dogs into a cage.

  Rikoin monet sakset. (plural form required by the plurale tantum sakset)

  I broke many pairs of scissors.

Declension

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

Declension of moni (type 23/tiili) noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative moni monet superessive moniaalla – genitive monen monien delative moniaalta – partitive monta montaa monia sublative moniaalle – accusative – monet lative – – inessive monessa monissa temporal – – elative monesta monista causative – – illative moneen moniin multiplicative monesti – adessive monella monilla distributive – – ablative monelta monilta temp. dist. – – allative monelle monille prolative – – essive monena (monna) monina situative – – translative moneksi moniksi oppositive – – abessive monetta monitta instructive – monin comitative – monine

Derived terms

adjectives

• monenlainen
• monias
• moninainen
• monituinen

adverbs

• monesti

determiners

• mones

nouns

• moneus
• monikko
• monisto

prefixes

• moni-

proper nouns

• Montonen

verbs

• monentaa
• monistaa

compounds

• monenarvoinen
• monenikäinen
• monenkaltainen
• monenkertainen
• monenkeskinen
• monenkielinen
• monenkirjava
• monenkokoinen
• monenlaatuinen
• monenmoinen
• monenmuotoinen
• monennäköinen
• monenvälinen
• monenvärinen
• moniajaa
• moniajo
• monialainen
• monialayritys
• moniammatillinen
• moniarvoinen
• moniarvologiikka
• moniasteöljy
• moniavioinen
• moniaviollinen
• monibiljoonainen
• monielinhäiriö
• monielinvaurio
• monietninen
• monihermosairaus
• moniherätepanssarimiina
• monihuippuinen
• monihäiriöinen
• moni-ilmeinen
• monijalkainen
• monijoukko
• monijumalainen
• monijumalinen
• monijyväinen
• monijärvinen
• monijäseninen
• monikanava-analysaattori
• monikanavainen
• monikansainen
• monikansalaisuus
• monikansallinen
• monikasvoinen
• monikerroksinen
• monikerroslevy
• monikerta
• monikiteinen
• monikulmainen
• monikulmaluu
• monikulmio
• monikulttuurinen
• monikulttuuritutkimus
• monikymmeninen
• monikymmenkertainen
• monikymmenlukuinen
• monikymmenvuotinen
• monikärkiohjus
• monikäsitteinen
• monikäyttö
• monikäyttöhalli
• monilahjakas
• monilukuinen
• monilääkehoito
• monilääkitys
• monimerkityksellinen
• monimerkityksinen
• monimielinen
• monimiljonääri
• monimiljoonikko
• monimuotoinen
• monimuoto-opetus
• monimuoto-opiskelu
• monimutkainen
• monimuuttujamenetelmä
• monimuuttujaregressioanalyysi
• moninapainen
• moninkertainen
• moninpeli
• monioppinut
• moniottelija
• moniottelu
• monipaikkainen
• monipalveluverkko
• monipeiliteleskooppi
• moniperintä
• moniportainen
• monipuoluejärjestelmä
• monipuoluemaa
• monirakkulatauti
• monirikollinen
• monirotuinen
• moniruokainen
• monisairas
• monisanainen
• monisatakertainen
• monisatalukuinen
• monisatapäinen
• monisatavuotinen
• moniselitteinen
• monisikiöinen
• monisikiöraskaus
• monisivuinen
• monisoluinen
• monisuhteinen
• monisuorittaminen
• monisynnyttäjä
• monisärmäinen
• monitahoinen
• monitahokas
• monitaiteilija
• monitaiteinen
• monitaitoinen
• monitaituri
• monitasomarkkinointi
• monitavoiteoptimointi
• monitavoitteinen
• monitavuinen
• moniteholasit
• monitieteinen
• monitilatoimisto
• monitoiminen
• monituhatkertainen
• monituhatlukuinen
• monituhatpäinen
• monituhatvuotinen
• monityydyttymätön
• monityydyttämätön
• moniulotteinen
• moniurahihna
• moniuskontoinen
• monivaiheraketti
• monivaimoinen
• monivalintakoe
• monivalintatehtävä
• monivartinen
• moniverkko
• monivuotinen
• monivyöseitikki
• monivärihapero
• monivärinen
• moniväripainanta
• moniväripainatus

Further reading

• “moni”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• -nomi, moin, omin

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ni/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *moni (“consume food”).

Verb

moni(transitive)

1. to swallow, to gulp down

   Moni ka hāʻae.

   My mouth is watering

   (literally, “Saliva swallows.”)

2. to absorb
3. (figurative) to drink in

Derived terms

• haka moni (“pharynx”)
• monimoni (reduplicated form)
• paipu moni (“esophagus”)

Etymology 2

From English money.

Noun

moni

1. money

Further reading

• moni in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmoni/, [ˈmo̞niˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmoni/, [ˈmo̞niˑ]
• Rhymes: -oni
• Hyphenation: mo‧ni

Determiner

moni

1. a lot, many

Declension

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

• paljo, äijä, ussia, isost, äijöin

Antonyms

• vähä

Derived terms

• mones
• monikas
• monikko
• monilaajain
• monta

See also

• moni-

References

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

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̀níꜜ/

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)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.

Noun

moni class 9/10 (plural moni)

1. ear lobe

Holonyms

• gũtũ

References

• “moni” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 263. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English money.

Noun

moni

1. money, cash

Further reading

• “moni” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English money.

Noun

moni

1. money

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmoniː/

Noun

moni

1. accusative/genitive singular of monni

Samoan

Adjective

moni

1. real
2. related by blood; biological

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English money.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ni/

Noun

moni

1. money

Tahitian

Noun

moni

1. money

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English money.

Noun

moni

1. money
2. currency
3. dollar

Derived terms

• haus moni

Unami

Etymology

Borrowed from English money.

Noun

moni inan

1. money

Derived terms

• monihe (“to make/earn money”)
• pampili moni (“paper money”)

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “moni”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Volapük

Noun

moni

1. accusative singular of mon