miten
Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
Adverb
miten
- (interrogative) when
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 424
Finnish
Etymology
mi- + -ten (causative singular)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiten/, [ˈmit̪e̞n]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -iten
- Syllabification(key): mi‧ten
- Hyphenation(key): mi‧ten
Adverb
miten
- how (in what way)
- Miten voit edes kuvitella jotain tuollaista hänestä?
- How can you even imagine something like that about her/him?
- Miten iso?
- How big?
Usage notes
- kuinka is somewhat more formal than miten, but they are otherwise synonyms.
Synonyms
- (more formal) kuinka
Derived terms
compounds
Related terms
Further reading
- “miten”, 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 3 July 2023
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmiten/, [ˈmite̞n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmiten/, [ˈmid̥e̞n]
- Rhymes: -iten
- Hyphenation: mi‧ten
Adverb
miten
- (rare) synonym of kuin (“how”)
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 309