miesmuistiin

Finnish

Etymology

mies (“man”) +‎ muistiin (“in memory”) (illative)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmie̯sˌmui̯stiːn/, [ˈmie̞̯s̠ˌmui̯s̠tiːn]
• Rhymes: -uistiːn
• Hyphenation^(key): mies‧muistiin

Adverb

miesmuistiin

1. in recent memory, within living memory, in living memory (within extant people's recorded history, as far as the living generation can remember)

   Tuollaista ei ole näillä main koettu miesmuistiin.

   Around here, something like that has not been undergone within living memory.

Further reading

• “miesmuistiin”, 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 2023-07-03