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!

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Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English money.

Noun

moni

1. money

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Cicipu

Noun

moni

1. water

References

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

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *moni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *mone, *mune. Cognate to Estonian mõni (“some”), Ingrian moni (“many, some”), Ingrian monikas (“some one, few”), Karelian moni, Karelian monies (“few, some one”), Votic mõni, Votic mõnikaz (“few”), Estonian mõnd (“many”), Livonian muunda (“many”), Northern Sami moanak, Udmurt мында (mynda, “as much as”), Udmurt со мында (so mynda, “so much”). Possibly related to or borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *monegʰ-, *menegʰ-, *monogʰos.

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

moni

1. many

   Moni opiskelija joutuu elämään toimeentulon rajoilla.

   Many students are forced to live at the subsistence level.

2. (aika ~ or melko ~) few, quite a few

   Join aika monta olutta.

   I had quite a few beers.

Pronoun

moni

1. (indefinite, without a noun, refers often to people) many people, many

   Moni voisi ajatella samoin.

   Many people could think the same.

2. (in compounds) poly-, multi-, many-

   monityydyttymätön ― polyunsaturated

   monikielinen ― multilingual

   monipuolinen ― many-sided

3. (aika ~ or melko ~) few, quite a few

   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 (formal language style)
  • many children eat porridge for breakfast
    • = many a child eats porridge for breakfast

• monet lapset syövät puuroa aamiaiseksi (informal 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 montaa ihmistä (partitive case dictated by rakastaa; double partitive (montaa) necessary as "monta" has been reanalyzed as nominative)
  • I love many people

Declension

Declension of moni (type tiili) noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative moni monet superessive moniaalla – genitive monen monien delative moniaalta – partitive monta monia sublative moniaalle – accusative moni 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 – – instructive – monin abessive monetta monitta comitative – monine

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

Synonyms

• (many): usea

Derived terms

• pronouns: mones
• nouns: monikko
• verbs: monistaa

Anagrams

• -nomi, moin, omin

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Ingrian

Pronoun

moni

1. some

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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 9 or 10 (plural moni)

1. ear lobe

Holonyms

• gũtũ

References

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

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Maori

Noun

moni

1. money, cash

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English money.

Noun

moni

1. money

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmoniː/

Noun

moni

1. accusative/genitive singular of monni

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Samoan

Adjective

moni

1. real
2. related by blood; biological

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English money.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ni/

Noun

moni

1. money

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Tahitian

Noun

moni

1. money

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English money.

Noun

moni

1. money
2. currency
3. dollar

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Volapük

Noun

moni

1. accusative singular of mon