mõni

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

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *moni. Cognate to Finnish moni, possibly an old loan from Proto-Indo-European.

Adjective

mõni (genitive mõne, partitive mõnd)

  1. some

Declension

Further reading

  • mõni”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *moni.

Pronunciation

Determiner

mõni

  1. some
  2. several

Inflection

Declension of mõni (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative mõni mõnõd
genitive mõnõ mõnijõ, mõnii
partitive mõntõ mõniitõ, mõnii
illative mõnnõ, mõnnõsõ mõniisõ
inessive mõnõz mõniiz
elative mõnõssõ mõniissõ
allative mõnõlõ mõniilõ
adessive mõnõllõ mõniillõ
ablative mõnõltõ mõniiltõ
translative mõnõssi mõniissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “mõni”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn