monni

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonːi/, [ˈmo̞nːi]
• Rhymes: -onːi
• Syllabification^(key): mon‧ni

Borrowed from Middle Low German monne.

monni

1. wels catfish, sheatfish, Silurus glanis

   Synonym: säkiä

2. catfish, sheatfish (freshwater catfish of the genus Silurus)
3. (taxonomy) catfish (fish of the order Siluriformes consisting of 37 families, hundreds of genera and some 3,000 species)

   Synonym: monnikala

• monnikala
• piikkimonni

Probably through figurative use of etymology 1 (compare kuha, simppu). The military sense is attested since the early 20th century and has many variants, but this is likely the original based on attestation dates.[1]

monni

1. (military slang) rookie, newbie; private

   Synonyms: mohlo, morkula, mortti, mopedi, mopo, moppe, moppeli, moppendaali, mopsi, mosuri, mosa, moube, moukari

   • 1928, Arvo Kolima, Private Juurikas, me and the newbies – stories from the old barracks, transl., Sotamies Juurikas, minä ja monnit – juttuja vanhasta kasarmista, WSOY:

   • 1945 [1944], Carl Mothander, Katri Ingman, transl., Paroneista bolševikkeihin: viron viimeaikaisia oloja ja tapahtumia, K.J. Gummerus, translation of Baroner, bönder och bolsjeviker i Estland, page 67:

     Muistin vielä sen simputuksen, jonka alaisiksi me »monnit» olimme joutuneet »vanhojen miesten» ja »kantajääkäreiden» taholta pienessä norrlantilaisessa varuskuntakaupungissa silloin, kun vuosisatamme ei vielä ollut monenkaan vuoden ikäinen.

     I still remembered the hazing we "newbies" had been brought under by the "old men" and "permanent infantry" in the small Norrlander garrison town when our century was barely a few years of age.

• “Monni”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects] (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, retrieved 23 August 2022.
• Sotilasslangin tarkastelua (Master's Thesis, in Finnish), Jenna Säärelä, 2018

• monin

Compare Finnish monni.

monni

1. catfish

From Proto-Samic *monē, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmonniː/

monni

1. egg

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland