moni

See also: Moni, Móni, mõni, mónǐ, moni-, and möni-

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

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-
    monityydyttymätönpolyunsaturated
    monikielinenmultilingual
    monipuolinenmany-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

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.
    moni lapsi syö puuroa aamiaiseksi (formal style)
    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 (informal 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 as governed 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

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

Derived terms

adverbs
determiners
prefixes
proper nouns
compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

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

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmoni/, [ˈmo̞ni]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmoni/, [ˈmo̞ni]
  • 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

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

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)

Noun

moni class 9/10 (plural moni)

  1. ear lobe

Holonyms

References

  1. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  • “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

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