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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic مَتَى (matā).
Adverb
miten
- (interrogative) when
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 424
Finnish
Etymology
mi- + -ten (causative singular)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiten/,
- Rhymes: -iten
- Syllabification(key): mi‧ten
- Hyphenation(key): mi‧ten
Adverb
miten
- how (in what way)
Miten voit edes kuvitella jotain tuollaista hänestä?- How can you even imagine something like that about her/him?
Usage notes
- kuinka is somewhat more formal than miten, but they are otherwise synonyms.
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Ingrian
Etymology
Akin to Finnish miten.
Pronunciation
Adverb
miten
- (rare) synonym of kuin (“how”)
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 309