mones

See also: Mones, 'mones, and mõnes

English

Noun

mones pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of 'mones (“hormones”)
   • 1997 October 27, PT Holmes, quoting Andrea Bennett, in electrolysis -- helpful hints?, alt.transgendered, Usenet:

     Not a good idea if you're on hormones. Alcohol and mones don't mix.

   • 1999 June 23, Stephe, “These newsgroups”, in alt.support.crossdressing (Usenet):

     I hope you don't get pissed at me as I value our friendship but never understood why mones and srs are SO different.. Can you explain?

   • 2000 May 3, Dayne Lee, “Silicone injections”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):

     If you've only been on mones for a little while, you'll just have to be patient and wait to see what nature does for you.

Anagrams

• Semon, meson, nomes, omens, semon, somen

Finnish

Etymology

moni (“many”) +‎ -s (“-th”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmones/, [ˈmo̞ne̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -ones
• Hyphenation^(key): mo‧nes

Pronoun

mones

1. which, what (in order), what number

   Kuinka mones oli hänen sijoituksensa?

   What was his ranking?

Usage notes

• Often used as monesko (equivalent to kuinka mones) to ask about something's position in an ordered ranking.

Declension

Inflection of mones (Kotus type 45*J/kahdeksas, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		mones	monennet
genitive		monennen	monensien
partitive		monetta	monensia
illative		monenteen	monensiin
		singular	plural
nominative		mones	monennet
accusative	nom.	mones	monennet
	gen.	monennen
genitive		monennen	monensien
partitive		monetta	monensia
inessive		monennessa	monensissa
elative		monennesta	monensista
illative		monenteen	monensiin
adessive		monennella	monensilla
ablative		monennelta	monensilta
allative		monennelle	monensille
essive		monentena	monensina
translative		monenneksi	monensiksi
abessive		monennetta	monensitta
instructive		—	monensin
comitative		—	monensine

Derived terms

• monesko
• vaikka kuinka mones

 

Further reading

• “mones”, 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

Anagrams

• somen

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From mone- (“many”) +‎ -s. Akin to Finnish mones.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmones/, [ˈmo̞ne̞z̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmones/, [ˈmo̞ne̞ʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ones
• Hyphenation: mo‧nes

Determiner

mones

1. which? (in order)

Declension

Declension of mones (type 2/patsas, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	mones	monneet
genitive	monneen	monnein
partitive	monesta, monest	monneita, moneja
illative	monneesse	monneisse
inessive	monnees	monneis
elative	monneest	monneist
allative	monneelle	monneille
adessive	monneel	monneil
ablative	monneelt	monneilt
translative	monneeks	monneiks
essive	monneenna, monneen	monneinna, monnein
exessive1)	monneent	monneint
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.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmonesːɑ/, [ˈmo̞ne̞s̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmones/, [ˈmo̞ne̞ʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -onesː, -ones
• Hyphenation: mo‧nes

Determiner

mones

1. inessive singular of moni

References

• N. A. Dyachkov (2021) Русско-Ижорский разговорник [Russian-Ingrian phrasebook]‎^[2], page 16

Latin

Verb

monēs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of moneō