Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/moni
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *mone.
Pronoun
*moni[1]
Determiner
*moni[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *moni
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *moni | *monët | |
| accusative | *monën | *monët | |
| genitive | *monën | *mondën *monidën | |
| partitive | *monta | *monida | |
| inessive | *monëssa *monëhna |
*monissa *monihna | |
| elative | *monësta | *monista | |
| illative | *monëhën | *monihën | |
| adessive | *monëlla | *monilla | |
| ablative | *monëlta | *monilta | |
| allative | *monëlën *monëlëk |
*monilën *monilëk | |
| essive | *monna | *monina | |
| translative | *monëksi | *moniksi | |
| instructive | *monën | *monin | |
| comitative | *monnëk | *moninëk | |
| abessive | *monëtta | *monitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: mõni
- Finnish: moni
- Ingrian: moni
- Karelian:
- ⇒ Livonian: mūnda
- Livvi: moni
- Ludian: moni
- Võro: myni
- Votic: mõni
References
Further reading
- “mõni”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #550 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.