mitta

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 2 Finnish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Idioms

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

mitta

1. an old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels. Also mett.

   Quotations

   • 1866: Once the mitta, or mett, a quantity of two bushels, is used for salt. The name still lingers in Lancashire. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168.

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

From a Germanic language, compare mått.

[edit] Noun

mitta

1. size
2. measure

[edit] Declension

Declension of mitta (type kala) singular plural nominative mitta mitat genitive mitan mittojen mittain1 partitive mittaa mittoja accusative mitta mitan mitat inessive mitassa mitoissa elative mitasta mitoista illative mittaan mittoihin adessive mitalla mitoilla ablative mitalta mitoilta allative mitalle mitoille essive mittana mittoina translative mitaksi mitoiksi instructive – mitoin abessive mitatta mitoitta comitative – mittoineen 1) Rare.

[edit] Idioms

• samalla mitalla = in kind, in a similar way, reciprocally