miten

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic مَتَى (matā).

Adverb

miten

1. (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- (“what”) +‎ -ten (causative singular)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiten/, [ˈmit̪e̞n]

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• Rhymes: -iten
• Syllabification^(key): mi‧ten
• Hyphenation^(key): mi‧ten

Adverb

miten

1. 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

• mitenkin

compounds

• mitenkuten

Related terms

• mitenkään

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

• menit, nimet

Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish miten.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmiten/, [ˈmite̞ˑn]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmiten/, [ˈmid̥e̞ˑn]
• Rhymes: -iten
• Hyphenation: mi‧ten

Adverb

miten

1. (rare) synonym of kuin (“how”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 309