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monni.

catfish, sheatfish (freshwater catfish of the genus Silurus)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmonːi/[ˈmo̞nːi]
  1. catfish, sheatfish (freshwater catfish of the genus Silurus)

  2. wels catfish, sheatfish, Silurus glanis

  3. catfish (fish of the order Siluriformes consisting of 37 families, hundreds of genera and some 3,000 species)

  4. child

    dialectal · rare
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Low German monne.

noun/ˈmonːi/[ˈmo̞nːi]
  1. rookie, recruit, newbie

    slang
Where this word comes from

Probably through figurative use of monni (etymology 1, as in the sense "child"; 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.

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