mikin

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪkɪn]
• Hyphenation: mi‧kin

Noun

mikin f

1. genitive plural of mikina

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmikin/, [ˈmik̟in]
• Rhymes: -ikin
• Syllabification^(key): mi‧kin
• Hyphenation^(key): mi‧kin

Etymology 1

mi- (“what, which”) +‎ -kin

Pronoun

mikin

1. synonym of mikäkin (“which”) (used in connection with another interrogative pronoun)

   Voi ei, sekoitit nimilaput! Nyt joudun päättelemään uudestaan, mikä mikin on.

   Oh no, you messed up the nametags. Now I have to figure out again which is which.

   Minne mikin kuuluu?

   Which belongs where?

Inflection

Irregular. Some forms are the identical to the forms of mikä with the -kin suffix.

Declension of mikin noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative mikin – superessive – – genitive minkin – delative – – partitive mitäkin – sublative – – accusative mikin, minkin – lative – – inessive missäkin – temporal – – elative mistäkin – causative – – illative mihinkin – multiplicative – – adessive milläkin – distributive – – ablative miltäkin – temp. dist. – – allative millekin – prolative – – essive minäkin – situative – – translative miksikin – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

Derived terms

• minkinlainen

compounds

• minkinikäinen

Related terms

polarity pair	positive	mikin, mikäkin
	negative	mikään

Further reading

• “mikin”, 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

Etymology 2

Noun

mikin

1. genitive/accusative singular of mikki