monni

See also: Monni

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmonːi/, [ˈmo̞nːi]
Rhymes: -onːi
Syllabification^(key): mon‧ni
Hyphenation^(key): mon‧ni

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German monne.

Noun

monni

catfish, sheatfish (freshwater catfish of the genus Silurus)
wels catfish, sheatfish, Silurus glanis
Synonym: säkiä
(taxonomy) catfish (fish of the order Siluriformes consisting of 37 families, hundreds of genera and some 3,000 species)
Synonym: monnikala
(dialectal, rare) child
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lapsi

Declension

Inflection of monni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		monni	monnit
genitive		monnin	monnien
partitive		monnia	monneja
illative		monniin	monneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		monni	monnit
accusative	nom.	monni	monnit
accusative	gen.	monnin	monnit
genitive		monnin	monnien
partitive		monnia	monneja
inessive		monnissa	monneissa
elative		monnista	monneista
illative		monniin	monneihin
adessive		monnilla	monneilla
ablative		monnilta	monneilta
allative		monnille	monneille
essive		monnina	monneina
translative		monniksi	monneiksi
abessive		monnitta	monneitta
instructive		—	monnein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of monni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		monnini	monnini
accusative	nom.	monnini	monnini
accusative	gen.	monnini	monnini
genitive		monnini	monnieni
partitive		monniani	monnejani
inessive		monnissani	monneissani
elative		monnistani	monneistani
illative		monniini	monneihini
adessive		monnillani	monneillani
ablative		monniltani	monneiltani
allative		monnilleni	monneilleni
essive		monninani	monneinani
translative		monnikseni	monneikseni
abessive		monnittani	monneittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	monneineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		monnisi	monnisi
accusative	nom.	monnisi	monnisi
accusative	gen.	monnisi	monnisi
genitive		monnisi	monniesi
partitive		monniasi	monnejasi
inessive		monnissasi	monneissasi
elative		monnistasi	monneistasi
illative		monniisi	monneihisi
adessive		monnillasi	monneillasi
ablative		monniltasi	monneiltasi
allative		monnillesi	monneillesi
essive		monninasi	monneinasi
translative		monniksesi	monneiksesi
abessive		monnittasi	monneittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	monneinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		monnimme	monnimme
accusative	nom.	monnimme	monnimme
accusative	gen.	monnimme	monnimme
genitive		monnimme	monniemme
partitive		monniamme	monnejamme
inessive		monnissamme	monneissamme
elative		monnistamme	monneistamme
illative		monniimme	monneihimme
adessive		monnillamme	monneillamme
ablative		monniltamme	monneiltamme
allative		monnillemme	monneillemme
essive		monninamme	monneinamme
translative		monniksemme	monneiksemme
abessive		monnittamme	monneittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	monneinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		monninne	monninne
accusative	nom.	monninne	monninne
accusative	gen.	monninne	monninne
genitive		monninne	monnienne
partitive		monnianne	monnejanne
inessive		monnissanne	monneissanne
elative		monnistanne	monneistanne
illative		monniinne	monneihinne
adessive		monnillanne	monneillanne
ablative		monniltanne	monneiltanne
allative		monnillenne	monneillenne
essive		monninanne	monneinanne
translative		monniksenne	monneiksenne
abessive		monnittanne	monneittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	monneinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		monninsa	monninsa
accusative	nom.	monninsa	monninsa
accusative	gen.	monninsa	monninsa
genitive		monninsa	monniensa
partitive		monniaan monniansa	monnejaan monnejansa
inessive		monnissaan monnissansa	monneissaan monneissansa
elative		monnistaan monnistansa	monneistaan monneistansa
illative		monniinsa	monneihinsa
adessive		monnillaan monnillansa	monneillaan monneillansa
ablative		monniltaan monniltansa	monneiltaan monneiltansa
allative		monnilleen monnillensa	monneilleen monneillensa
essive		monninaan monninansa	monneinaan monneinansa
translative		monnikseen monniksensa	monneikseen monneiksensa
abessive		monnittaan monnittansa	monneittaan monneittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	monneineen monneinensa

Derived terms

monninen

References

“monni”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
“monni”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

Etymology 2

Probably through figurative use of monni (etymology 1, as in the sense "child"; compare kuha, simppu). The military sense is attested since the early 20th century and has many variants, but this is likely the original based on attestation dates.^[1]