ei mittää

Ingrian

Ingrian phrasebook

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Etymology

Literally: "Not anything". Akin to Finnish ei mitään.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯ ˈmitæː/, [ˈe̞i̯ ˈmitːæ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯ ˈmitæː/, [ˈe̞i̯ ˈmitˑæː]

Interjection

ei mittää

1. no worries
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 35:

     Ei mittää, lapset, kiiree töömmä, katsokaa, Jelitsa jo paljo levviämmäks tuli.

     No worries, children, we'll soon arrive, look, Jelitsa has already become broader.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ei,‎ mittää.

References

• N. A. Dyachkov (2021) Русско-Ижорский разговорник [Russian-Ingrian phrasebook]‎^[1], page 3