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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German monne.
Noun[edit]
monni
- A sort of fish.
- wels catfish, sheatfish, Silurus glanis
- Synonym: säkiä
- catfish, sheatfish (freshwater catfish of the genus Silurus)
- (taxonomy) catfish (fish of the order Siluriformes consisting of 37 families, hundreds of genera and some 3,000 species)
- Synonym: monnikala
- wels catfish, sheatfish, Silurus glanis
- (dialectal, rare) child
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lapsi
Declension[edit]
Inflection of monni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | monni | monnit | ||
genitive | monnin | monnien | ||
partitive | monnia | monneja | ||
illative | monniin | monneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | monni | monnit | ||
accusative | nom. | monni | monnit | |
gen. | monnin | |||
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. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
References[edit]
- “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 2023-07-01
- “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[edit]
Probably through figurative use of 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]
Noun[edit]
monni
- (military slang) rookie, recruit, newbie
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:monni
- 1928, Arvo Kolima, translated by Private Juurikas, me and the newbies – stories from the old barracks, Sotamies Juurikas, minä ja monnit – juttuja vanhasta kasarmista, WSOY:
- 1945 [1944], Carl Mothander, translated by Katri Ingman, Paroneista bolševikkeihin: viron viimeaikaisia oloja ja tapahtumia, K.J. Gummerus, translation of Baroner, bönder och bolsjeviker i Estland, page 67:
- Muistin vielä sen simputuksen, jonka alaisiksi me »monnit» olimme joutuneet »vanhojen miesten» ja »kantajääkäreiden» taholta pienessä norrlantilaisessa varuskuntakaupungissa silloin, kun vuosisatamme ei vielä ollut monenkaan vuoden ikäinen.
- I still remembered the hazing we "newbies" had been brought under by the "old men" and "permanent infantry" in the small Norrlander garrison town when our century was barely a few years of age.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of monni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | monni | monnit | ||
genitive | monnin | monnien | ||
partitive | monnia | monneja | ||
illative | monniin | monneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | monni | monnit | ||
accusative | nom. | monni | monnit | |
gen. | monnin | |||
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. |
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Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Monni”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects][4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN, retrieved 23 August 2022.
- Sotilasslangin tarkastelua (Master's Thesis, in Finnish), Jenna Säärelä, 2018
- ^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
Anagrams[edit]
Northern Sami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Samic *monē, from Proto-Uralic *muna.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
monni
Inflection[edit]
Even i-stem, nn-n gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | monni | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | moni monẹ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | monni | monit | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | moni | moniid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | moni monẹ |
moniid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | monnái | moniide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | monis | moniin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | moniin | moniiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | monnin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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