mihinkä

Finnish

Etymology

The illative case of mikä with the suffix -ka retained. The standard illative case of the word is mihin (directly from the bare stem *mi-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmihiŋkæ/, [ˈmiɦiŋk̟æ]
• Rhymes: -ihiŋkæ
• Syllabification^(key): mi‧hin‧kä

Pronoun

mihinkä

1. (informal) Synonym of mihin.

Usage notes

Depending on context, the term might be considered dated, dialectal, colloquial, or emphatic.

Related terms

• johonka
• kuhunka

Further reading

• “mihinkä”, 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 2023-12-01