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
Usage notes
Depending on context, the term might be considered dated, dialectal, colloquial, or emphatic.
Further reading
- “mihinkä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-12-01
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