moni

Unknown; possibilities include English morning (short for good morning), or a worn-down form of kuona (“to see”) or moyoni (“life to you”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmó.ni/

móni

1. hello!

Borrowed from English money.

moni

1. money

moni

1. water

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

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

From Proto-Finnic *moni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *mone; see them for cognates and more information.

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.

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-

   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.

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.

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

• “moni”, 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 2023-07-03

Uncertain. An earlier variant of mani attested since the beginning of the 20th century.

• Likely borrowed from English money.
• Alternatively from Russian моне́та (monéta), perhaps as a clipping of moneta.

The expected form from both origins would be mani.

moni (obsolete)

1. (Helsinki slang) money

   Synonyms: see raha

• Heikki Paunonen (2016) Sloboa Stadissa: stadin slangin etymologiaa (in Finnish), Jyväskylä: Docendo, →ISBN

• -nomi, moin, omin

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

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmoni/, [ˈmo̞ni]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmoni/, [ˈmo̞ni]
• Rhymes: -oni
• Hyphenation: mo‧ni

moni

1. a lot, many

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.

• paljo, äijä, ussia, isost, äijöin

• vähä

• moni-

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

• 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.^[1]

moni class 9/10 (plural moni)

1. ear lobe

• gũtũ

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

moni

1. money, cash

From English money.

moni

1. money

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmoniː/

moni

1. accusative/genitive singular of monni

moni

1. real
2. related by blood; biological

From English money.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ni/

moni

1. money

moni

1. money

From English money.

moni

1. money
2. currency
3. dollar

moni

1. accusative singular of mon