mihinkä
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Pronoun edit
mihinkä
Usage notes edit
Depending on context, the term might be considered dated, dialectal, colloquial, or emphatic.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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