Finnish edit

Etymology edit

form of mikä (with enclitic -kin)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmikækin/, [ˈmik̟æk̟in]
  • Rhymes: -ikækin
  • Syllabification(key): mi‧kä‧kin

Pronoun edit

mikäkin

  1. which (used always in connection with another interrogative pronoun)
    minne mikäkin kuuluu?which belongs where?
  2. Only used in milloin mikäkin
  3. (often derogatory) some kind of (often with kuin (like))
    Hän huutaa kuin mikäkin hinaaja.
    He yells like some kind of a tugboat.

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

polarity
pair
positive mikin, mikäkin
negative mikään

Adverb edit

mikäkin

  1. (used to deny whatever follows) some
    Mikäkin partiolainen! Ei osaa edes nappia ommella!
    Some scout he is! He cannot even sew a button!

Further reading edit