mihinkä

Finnish

Etymology

The illative case of mikä with the suffix -ka retained. The standard illative case of the word is mihin (directly from the bare stem *mi-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmihiŋkæ/, [ˈmiɦiŋk̟æ]
  • Rhymes: -ihiŋkæ
  • Syllabification(key): mi‧hin‧kä
  • Hyphenation(key): mi‧hin‧kä

Pronoun

mihinkä

  1. (informal) synonym of mihin

Usage notes

Depending on context, the term might be considered dated, dialectal, colloquial, or emphatic.

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