mönkiä
Finnish
Etymology
Unknown. Could be a sound-symbolic blend of e.g. möyriä and tonkia, although this would require the dialectal sense “to rummage, grub, dig” to be primary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmøŋkiæˣ/, [ˈmø̞ŋk̟iæ(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -øŋkiæ
- Syllabification(key): mön‧ki‧ä
- Hyphenation(key): mön‧kiä
Verb
mönkiä
Conjugation
| Inflection of mönkiä (Kotus type 61*G/sallia, nk-ng gradation) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| indicative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present tense | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | möngin | en möngi | 1st sing. | olen mönkinyt | en ole mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | möngit | et möngi | 2nd sing. | olet mönkinyt | et ole mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | mönkii | ei möngi | 3rd sing. | on mönkinyt | ei ole mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | möngimme | emme möngi | 1st plur. | olemme mönkineet | emme ole mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | möngitte | ette möngi | 2nd plur. | olette mönkineet | ette ole mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | mönkivät | eivät möngi | 3rd plur. | ovat mönkineet | eivät ole mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | möngitään | ei möngitä | passive | on möngitty | ei ole möngitty | ||||||||||||||||
| past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | möngin | en mönkinyt | 1st sing. | olin mönkinyt | en ollut mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | möngit | et mönkinyt | 2nd sing. | olit mönkinyt | et ollut mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | mönki | ei mönkinyt | 3rd sing. | oli mönkinyt | ei ollut mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | möngimme | emme mönkineet | 1st plur. | olimme mönkineet | emme olleet mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | möngitte | ette mönkineet | 2nd plur. | olitte mönkineet | ette olleet mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | mönkivät | eivät mönkineet | 3rd plur. | olivat mönkineet | eivät olleet mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | möngittiin | ei möngitty | passive | oli möngitty | ei ollut möngitty | ||||||||||||||||
| conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | mönkisin | en mönkisi | 1st sing. | olisin mönkinyt | en olisi mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | mönkisit | et mönkisi | 2nd sing. | olisit mönkinyt | et olisi mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | mönkisi | ei mönkisi | 3rd sing. | olisi mönkinyt | ei olisi mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | mönkisimme | emme mönkisi | 1st plur. | olisimme mönkineet | emme olisi mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | mönkisitte | ette mönkisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte mönkineet | ette olisi mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | mönkisivät | eivät mönkisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat mönkineet | eivät olisi mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | möngittäisiin | ei möngittäisi | passive | olisi möngitty | ei olisi möngitty | ||||||||||||||||
| imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | möngi | älä möngi | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | mönkiköön | älköön mönkikö | 3rd sing. | olkoon mönkinyt | älköön olko mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | mönkikäämme | älkäämme mönkikö | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | mönkikää | älkää mönkikö | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | mönkikööt | älkööt mönkikö | 3rd plur. | olkoot mönkineet | älkööt olko mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | möngittäköön | älköön möngittäkö | passive | olkoon möngitty | älköön olko möngitty | ||||||||||||||||
| potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | mönkinen | en mönkine | 1st sing. | lienen mönkinyt | en liene mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | mönkinet | et mönkine | 2nd sing. | lienet mönkinyt | et liene mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | mönkinee | ei mönkine | 3rd sing. | lienee mönkinyt | ei liene mönkinyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | mönkinemme | emme mönkine | 1st plur. | lienemme mönkineet | emme liene mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | mönkinette | ette mönkine | 2nd plur. | lienette mönkineet | ette liene mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | mönkinevät | eivät mönkine | 3rd plur. | lienevät mönkineet | eivät liene mönkineet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | möngittäneen | ei möngittäne | passive | lienee möngitty | ei liene möngitty | ||||||||||||||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | mönkiä | present | mönkivä | möngittävä | |||||||||||||||||
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past | mönkinyt | möngitty | |||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | inessive2 | mönkiessä | möngittäessä | agent4 | mönkimä | ||||||||||||||||
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negative | mönkimätön | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | mönkien | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix.
2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | inessive | mönkimässä | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| elative | mönkimästä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| illative | mönkimään | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| adessive | mönkimällä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| abessive | mönkimättä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | mönkimän | möngittämän | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4th3 | verbal noun | mönkiminen | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5th1 |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “mönkiä”, 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