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
- (informal) synonym of mihin
Usage notes
Depending on context, the term might be considered dated, dialectal, colloquial, or emphatic.
Related terms
Further reading
- “mihinkä”, 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 1 December 2023