mitta
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *metan (“to measure”). Cognate with German Metze.
Noun
[edit]mitta (plural mittas)
- (historical) An old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.
- 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168:
- Once the mitta, or mett, a quantity of two bushels, is used for salt. The name still lingers in Lancashire.
Cimbrian
[edit]Noun
[edit]mitta ?
References
[edit]- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *mitta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old English mitta, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (mitaþs, “measure”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mitta
- measure (prescribed quantity or extent)
- measure (limit that cannot be exceeded)
- Minun mittani on täynnä.
- I have reached my measure (I have had enough).
- measure (receptacle or vessel of standard size)
- suolamitta ― measure of salt
- measure (standard against which something can be judged)
- Rehellisyys on miehen todellinen mitta.
- Honesty is the true measure of a man.
- measure (any of various standard units of capacity)
- Kyläläiset maksoivat viholliselle tuhat mittaa viljaa.
- The villagers paid to the enemy a thousand measures of corn.
- measure (size ascertained by measuring)
- mittatilauspuku ― made-to-measure suit
- hevosenmitta ― horse length
- measure (something to take measurements)
- mittanauha ― tape measure
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mitta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | mitta | mitat | |
genitive | mitan | mittojen | |
partitive | mittaa | mittoja | |
illative | mittaan | mittoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mitta | mitat | |
accusative | nom. | mitta | mitat |
gen. | mitan | ||
genitive | mitan | mittojen mittain rare | |
partitive | mittaa | mittoja | |
inessive | mitassa | mitoissa | |
elative | mitasta | mitoista | |
illative | mittaan | mittoihin | |
adessive | mitalla | mitoilla | |
ablative | mitalta | mitoilta | |
allative | mitalle | mitoille | |
essive | mittana | mittoina | |
translative | mitaksi | mitoiksi | |
abessive | mitatta | mitoitta | |
instructive | — | mitoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]- aikamitta
- alamitta
- arvonmitta
- askelmitta
- astemitta
- astiamitta
- hevosenmitta
- kaapelinmitta
- kahvimitta
- kalevalamitta
- keskimitta
- kiintomitta
- kukkuramitta
- kulmamitta
- kuusimitta
- kuutiomitta
- kyynärmitta
- lasermitta
- latvamitta
- litranmitta
- lukumäärämitta
- läpimitta
- maustemitta
- metrimitta
- metrinmitta
- millimetrimitta
- mitallinen
- mitanpitävä
- mitata
- mitaton
- mitellä
- mitoittaa
- mittaan
- mitta-asteikko
- mitta-astia
- mitta-avaruus
- mittabosoni
- mittahävikki
- mittainen
- mittajärjestelmä
- mittakaava
- mittakaulain
- mittakello
- mittakenttä
- mittakeppi
- mittakivi
- mittalaite
- mittalasi
- mittaliuos
- mittaluku
- mittalusikka
- mittamies
- mittamuunnos
- mittanauha
- mittanormaali
- mittapala
- mittapiirustus
- mittapipetti
- mittapuku
- mittapullo
- mittapuu
- mittapää
- mittasakset
- mittasarja
- mittasuhde
- mittatappio
- mittatarkka
- mittateoria
- mittatikku
- mittatilaus
- mittatoleranssi
- mittatyö
- mittava
- mittavajaus
- mittaväline
- mittayksikkö
- mittayksikköjärjestelmä
- määrämitta
- neliömitta
- nimellismitta
- nivelmitta
- painomitta
- piirtomitta
- pinta-alamitta
- pintamitta
- pituusmitta
- pystymitta
- päänmitta
- rajamitta
- rinnanympärysmitta
- ristimitta
- rullamitta
- runomitta
- ruutimitta
- silmämitta
- sisämitta
- sylenmitta
- syvyysmitta
- taittomitta
- tasamitta
- tilavuusmitta
- todennäköisyysmitta
- tuumamitta
- työntömitta
- ulkomitta
- vakiomitta
- vakomitta
- vetomitta
- yhteismitallinen
- yhteismitaton
- ympärysmitta
Further reading
[edit]- “mitta”, 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
Anagrams
[edit]Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *mitta. Cognates include Finnish mitta and Karelian mitta.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmitːɑ/, [ˈmitː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmitːɑ/, [ˈmitːɑ]
- Rhymes: -itː, -itːɑ
- Hyphenation: mit‧ta
Noun
[edit]mitta
Declension
[edit]Declension of mitta (type 3/kana, tt-t gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | mitta | mitat |
genitive | mitan | mittoin |
partitive | mittaa | mittoja |
illative | mittaa | mittoi |
inessive | mitas | mitois |
elative | mitast | mitoist |
allative | mitalle | mitoille |
adessive | mital | mitoil |
ablative | mitalt | mitoilt |
translative | mitaks | mitoiks |
essive | mittanna, mittaan | mittoinna, mittoin |
exessive1) | mittant | mittoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 311
Mòcheno
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German mittetac, from Old High German mittitac, from mitti (“middle”) + tac (“day”). Compare mitto (“midday”).
Noun
[edit]mitta m
See also
[edit]- (days of the week) ma'ta, eirta, mitta, pfinsta, vraita, sònsta, sunta (Category: mhn:Days of the week)
References
[edit]- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Old English
[edit]Noun
[edit]mitta m
- a dry and liquid measure of volume
Declension
[edit]Weak:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | mitta | mittan |
accusative | mittan | mittan |
genitive | mittan | mittena |
dative | mittan | mittum |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mitta”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit मित्र (mitrá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás.
Noun
[edit]mitta m or n
- friend
- (in the plural) friendship
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "mitta" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | mitto | mittā |
Accusative (second) | mittaṃ | mitte |
Instrumental (third) | mittena | mittehi or mittebhi |
Dative (fourth) | mittassa or mittāya or mittatthaṃ | mittānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | mittasmā or mittamhā or mittā | mittehi or mittebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | mittassa | mittānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | mittasmiṃ or mittamhi or mitte | mittesu |
Vocative (calling) | mitta | mittā |
Declension table of "mitta" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | mittaṃ | mittāni |
Accusative (second) | mittaṃ | mittāni |
Instrumental (third) | mittena | mittehi or mittebhi |
Dative (fourth) | mittassa or mittāya or mittatthaṃ | mittānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | mittasmā or mittamhā or mittā | mittehi or mittebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | mittassa | mittānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | mittasmiṃ or mittamhi or mitte | mittesu |
Vocative (calling) | mitta | mittāni |
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- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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- English countable nouns
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- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/itːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/itːɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
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- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/itː
- Rhymes:Ingrian/itː/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/itːɑ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/itːɑ/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Mòcheno terms inherited from Middle High German
- Mòcheno terms derived from Middle High German
- Mòcheno terms inherited from Old High German
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- Mòcheno masculine nouns
- mhn:Days of the week
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
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- Old English masculine n-stem nouns
- ang:Units of measure
- Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Pali terms derived from Sanskrit
- Pali terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Pali terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Pali lemmas
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