"mikä" meaning in Finnish

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Determiner

IPA: /ˈmikæ/, [ˈmik̟æ]
Rhymes: -ikæ Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *mi, from Proto-Uralic *mi. The nominative and genitive singular forms, which would have otherwise been monosyllabic, have been extended with -kä (as with joka and kuka), possibly even in Proto-Finnic (*mikä), as reflected in Ingrian mikä and Voro mikä. Other cognates include Estonian mis, Veps mi, Erzya мезе (meźe), мее (meje), Komi-Zyrian мый (myj), Hungarian mi. Etymology templates: {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*mi}} Proto-Finnic *mi, {{inh|fi|urj-pro|*mi}} Proto-Uralic *mi, {{affix|fi|-ka|alt1=-kä}} -kä, {{m|fi|joka}} joka, {{m|fi|kuka}} kuka, {{m|urj-fin-pro|*mikä}} *mikä, {{cog|izh|mikä}} Ingrian mikä, {{cog|vor|mikä}} Voro mikä, {{cog|et|mis}} Estonian mis, {{cog|vep|mi}} Veps mi, {{cog|myv|мезе}} Erzya мезе (meźe), {{m|myv|мее}} мее (meje), {{cog|kpv|мый}} Komi-Zyrian мый (myj), {{cog|hu|mi}} Hungarian mi Head templates: {{head|fi|determiner}} mikä Inflection templates: {{fi-decl-pron|10p=mille|10s=mille|11p=minä|11s=minä|12p=miksi|12s=miksi|1p=mitkä|1s=mikä|2p=minkä|2s=minkä|3p=mitä|3s=mitä|4p=mitkä|4s=mikä, minkä|5p=missä|5s=missä|6p=mistä|6s=mistä|7p=mihin|7s=mihin|8p=millä|8s=millä|9p=miltä|9s=miltä|a3s=minne|a5s=milloin|a6s=miten}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mikä [nominative, singular], mitkä [nominative, plural], - [singular, superessive], - [plural, superessive], minkä [genitive, singular], minkä [genitive, plural], - [delative, singular], - [delative, plural], mitä [partitive, singular], mitä [partitive, plural], minne [singular, sublative], - [plural, sublative], mikä [accusative, singular], minkä [accusative, singular], mitkä [accusative, plural], - [lative, singular], - [lative, plural], missä [inessive, singular], missä [inessive, plural], milloin [singular, temporal], - [plural, temporal], mistä [elative, singular], mistä [elative, plural], miten [causative, singular], - [causative, plural], mihin [illative, singular], mihin [illative, plural], - [multiplicative, singular], - [multiplicative, plural], millä [adessive, singular], millä [adessive, plural], - [distributive], miltä [ablative, singular], miltä [ablative, plural], - [distributive, temporal], mille [allative, singular], mille [allative, plural], - [prolative, singular], - [plural, prolative], minä [essive, singular], minä [essive, plural], - [singular, situative], - [plural, situative], miksi [singular, translative], miksi [plural, translative], - [oppositive, singular], - [oppositive, plural], - [abessive, singular], - [abessive, plural], - [instructive, singular], - [instructive, plural], - [comitative, singular], - [comitative, plural]
  1. (interrogative) what, which Tags: interrogative Synonyms: mi [archaic, poetic, relative]
    Sense id: en-mikä-fi-det-Td4Sb7x2 Categories (other): Finnish indefinite pronouns, Finnish interrogative determiners, Finnish interrogative pronouns, Finnish pronouns, Finnish relative pronouns, Finnish terms suffixed with -ka Disambiguation of Finnish indefinite pronouns: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Finnish interrogative determiners: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Finnish interrogative pronouns: 38 38 25 Disambiguation of Finnish pronouns: 40 40 20 Disambiguation of Finnish relative pronouns: 38 38 25 Disambiguation of Finnish terms suffixed with -ka: 32 32 36 Derived forms: kuin mikä, mihinkään, mihinpäin, mikin, mikäli, mikälie, mikään, millainen, milloin, milloin mikäkin, miltei, mimmoinen, minkinlainen, minkähintainen, minkäikäinen, minkäkinlainen, minkäkokoinen, minkälainen, minkäluonteinen, minkämaalainen, minkämakuinen, minkämerkkinen, minkäniminen, minkänäköinen, minkävärinen, minkäänarvoinen, minkäännäköinen, minne, mistäpäin, miten, mitätön

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈmikæ/, [ˈmik̟æ] Forms: mi- [stem]
Rhymes: -ikæ Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *mi, from Proto-Uralic *mi. The nominative and genitive singular forms, which would have otherwise been monosyllabic, have been extended with -kä (as with joka and kuka), possibly even in Proto-Finnic (*mikä), as reflected in Ingrian mikä and Voro mikä. Other cognates include Estonian mis, Veps mi, Erzya мезе (meźe), мее (meje), Komi-Zyrian мый (myj), Hungarian mi. Etymology templates: {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*mi}} Proto-Finnic *mi, {{inh|fi|urj-pro|*mi}} Proto-Uralic *mi, {{affix|fi|-ka|alt1=-kä}} -kä, {{m|fi|joka}} joka, {{m|fi|kuka}} kuka, {{m|urj-fin-pro|*mikä}} *mikä, {{cog|izh|mikä}} Ingrian mikä, {{cog|vor|mikä}} Voro mikä, {{cog|et|mis}} Estonian mis, {{cog|vep|mi}} Veps mi, {{cog|myv|мезе}} Erzya мезе (meźe), {{m|myv|мее}} мее (meje), {{cog|kpv|мый}} Komi-Zyrian мый (myj), {{cog|hu|mi}} Hungarian mi Head templates: {{head|fi|pronoun|stem|mi-|f1nolink=1}} mikä (stem mi-)
  1. (interrogative) what, which Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-mikä-fi-pron-Td4Sb7x2 Categories (other): Finnish indefinite pronouns, Finnish interrogative determiners, Finnish interrogative pronouns, Finnish pronouns, Finnish relative pronouns, Finnish terms suffixed with -ka Disambiguation of Finnish indefinite pronouns: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Finnish interrogative determiners: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Finnish interrogative pronouns: 38 38 25 Disambiguation of Finnish pronouns: 40 40 20 Disambiguation of Finnish relative pronouns: 38 38 25 Disambiguation of Finnish terms suffixed with -ka: 32 32 36
  2. (relative) which, that, what (see usage notes) Tags: relative
    Sense id: en-mikä-fi-pron-ahzqQHAk Categories (other): Finnish determiners, Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish indefinite pronouns, Finnish interrogative determiners, Finnish interrogative pronouns, Finnish pronouns, Finnish relative pronouns, Finnish terms suffixed with -ka Disambiguation of Finnish determiners: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Finnish indefinite pronouns: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Finnish interrogative determiners: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Finnish interrogative pronouns: 38 38 25 Disambiguation of Finnish pronouns: 40 40 20 Disambiguation of Finnish relative pronouns: 38 38 25 Disambiguation of Finnish terms suffixed with -ka: 32 32 36

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *mi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *mi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "-ka",
        "alt1": "-kä"
      },
      "expansion": "-kä",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "joka"
      },
      "expansion": "joka",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "kuka"
      },
      "expansion": "kuka",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "*mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "*mikä",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "izh",
        "2": "mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "Ingrian mikä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vor",
        "2": "mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "Voro mikä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "mis"
      },
      "expansion": "Estonian mis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vep",
        "2": "mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Veps mi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "мезе"
      },
      "expansion": "Erzya мезе (meźe)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "мее"
      },
      "expansion": "мее (meje)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kpv",
        "2": "мый"
      },
      "expansion": "Komi-Zyrian мый (myj)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
        "2": "mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Hungarian mi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mi-",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "stem",
        "4": "mi-",
        "f1nolink": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "mikä (stem mi-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish indefinite pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Indefinite pronouns",
            "Indefinite pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 37 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish interrogative determiners",
          "parents": [
            "Interrogative determiners",
            "Determiners",
            "Interrogative pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 38 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish interrogative pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Interrogative pronouns",
            "Interrogative pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 40 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 38 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish relative pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Relative pronouns",
            "Pronouns",
            "Relative pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish terms suffixed with -ka",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What is that?",
          "text": "Mikä tuo on?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What are you doing?",
          "text": "Mitä teet?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which dish did you order?",
          "text": "Minkä annoksen tilasit?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what, which"
      ],
      "id": "en-mikä-fi-pron-Td4Sb7x2",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what, which"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish indefinite pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Indefinite pronouns",
            "Indefinite pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 37 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish interrogative determiners",
          "parents": [
            "Interrogative determiners",
            "Determiners",
            "Interrogative pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 38 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish interrogative pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Interrogative pronouns",
            "Interrogative pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 40 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 38 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish relative pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Relative pronouns",
            "Pronouns",
            "Relative pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish terms suffixed with -ka",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which, that, what (see usage notes)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mikä-fi-pron-ahzqQHAk",
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ],
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) which, that, what (see usage notes)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmikæ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmik̟æ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ikæ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mikä"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *mi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *mi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "-ka",
        "alt1": "-kä"
      },
      "expansion": "-kä",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "joka"
      },
      "expansion": "joka",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "kuka"
      },
      "expansion": "kuka",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "*mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "*mikä",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "izh",
        "2": "mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "Ingrian mikä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vor",
        "2": "mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "Voro mikä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "mis"
      },
      "expansion": "Estonian mis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vep",
        "2": "mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Veps mi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "мезе"
      },
      "expansion": "Erzya мезе (meźe)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "мее"
      },
      "expansion": "мее (meje)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kpv",
        "2": "мый"
      },
      "expansion": "Komi-Zyrian мый (myj)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
        "2": "mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Hungarian mi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *mi, from Proto-Uralic *mi. The nominative and genitive singular forms, which would have otherwise been monosyllabic, have been extended with -kä (as with joka and kuka), possibly even in Proto-Finnic (*mikä), as reflected in Ingrian mikä and Voro mikä. Other cognates include Estonian mis, Veps mi, Erzya мезе (meźe), мее (meje), Komi-Zyrian мый (myj), Hungarian mi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fi-decl-pron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mikä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitkä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "superessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "superessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minkä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minkä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "delative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "delative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "sublative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "sublative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mikä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minkä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitkä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "lative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "lative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "missä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "missä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "milloin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "temporal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "temporal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mistä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mistä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mihin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mihin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "multiplicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "multiplicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "millä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "millä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "distributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miltä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miltä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "distributive",
        "temporal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mille",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mille",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "prolative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prolative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "situative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "situative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "oppositive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "oppositive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "determiner"
      },
      "expansion": "mikä",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "10p": "mille",
        "10s": "mille",
        "11p": "minä",
        "11s": "minä",
        "12p": "miksi",
        "12s": "miksi",
        "1p": "mitkä",
        "1s": "mikä",
        "2p": "minkä",
        "2s": "minkä",
        "3p": "mitä",
        "3s": "mitä",
        "4p": "mitkä",
        "4s": "mikä, minkä",
        "5p": "missä",
        "5s": "missä",
        "6p": "mistä",
        "6s": "mistä",
        "7p": "mihin",
        "7s": "mihin",
        "8p": "millä",
        "8s": "millä",
        "9p": "miltä",
        "9s": "miltä",
        "a3s": "minne",
        "a5s": "milloin",
        "a6s": "miten"
      },
      "name": "fi-decl-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish indefinite pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Indefinite pronouns",
            "Indefinite pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 37 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish interrogative determiners",
          "parents": [
            "Interrogative determiners",
            "Determiners",
            "Interrogative pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 38 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish interrogative pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Interrogative pronouns",
            "Interrogative pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 40 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 38 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish relative pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Relative pronouns",
            "Pronouns",
            "Relative pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish terms suffixed with -ka",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "kuin mikä"
        },
        {
          "word": "mihinkään"
        },
        {
          "word": "mihinpäin"
        },
        {
          "word": "mikin"
        },
        {
          "word": "mikäli"
        },
        {
          "word": "mikälie"
        },
        {
          "word": "mikään"
        },
        {
          "word": "millainen"
        },
        {
          "word": "milloin"
        },
        {
          "word": "milloin mikäkin"
        },
        {
          "word": "miltei"
        },
        {
          "word": "mimmoinen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkinlainen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkähintainen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkäikäinen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkäkinlainen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkäkokoinen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkälainen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkäluonteinen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkämaalainen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkämakuinen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkämerkkinen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkäniminen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkänäköinen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkävärinen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkäänarvoinen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minkäännäköinen"
        },
        {
          "word": "minne"
        },
        {
          "word": "mistäpäin"
        },
        {
          "word": "miten"
        },
        {
          "word": "mitätön"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what, which"
      ],
      "id": "en-mikä-fi-det-Td4Sb7x2",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what, which"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "poetic",
            "relative"
          ],
          "word": "mi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmikæ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmik̟æ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ikæ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mikä"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Finnish 2-syllable words",
    "Finnish determiners",
    "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Finnish indefinite pronouns",
    "Finnish interrogative determiners",
    "Finnish interrogative pronouns",
    "Finnish lemmas",
    "Finnish pronouns",
    "Finnish relative pronouns",
    "Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
    "Finnish terms derived from Proto-Uralic",
    "Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
    "Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Uralic",
    "Finnish terms suffixed with -ka",
    "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Finnish terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/ikæ",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/ikæ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *mi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *mi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "-ka",
        "alt1": "-kä"
      },
      "expansion": "-kä",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "joka"
      },
      "expansion": "joka",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "kuka"
      },
      "expansion": "kuka",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "*mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "*mikä",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "izh",
        "2": "mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "Ingrian mikä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vor",
        "2": "mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "Voro mikä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "mis"
      },
      "expansion": "Estonian mis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vep",
        "2": "mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Veps mi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "мезе"
      },
      "expansion": "Erzya мезе (meźe)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "мее"
      },
      "expansion": "мее (meje)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kpv",
        "2": "мый"
      },
      "expansion": "Komi-Zyrian мый (myj)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
        "2": "mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Hungarian mi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *mi, from Proto-Uralic *mi. The nominative and genitive singular forms, which would have otherwise been monosyllabic, have been extended with -kä (as with joka and kuka), possibly even in Proto-Finnic (*mikä), as reflected in Ingrian mikä and Voro mikä. Other cognates include Estonian mis, Veps mi, Erzya мезе (meźe), мее (meje), Komi-Zyrian мый (myj), Hungarian mi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mi-",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "stem",
        "4": "mi-",
        "f1nolink": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "mikä (stem mi-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Finnish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What is that?",
          "text": "Mikä tuo on?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What are you doing?",
          "text": "Mitä teet?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which dish did you order?",
          "text": "Minkä annoksen tilasit?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what, which"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what, which"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "which, that, what (see usage notes)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ],
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) which, that, what (see usage notes)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmikæ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmik̟æ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ikæ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mikä"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Finnish 2-syllable words",
    "Finnish determiners",
    "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Finnish indefinite pronouns",
    "Finnish interrogative determiners",
    "Finnish interrogative pronouns",
    "Finnish lemmas",
    "Finnish pronouns",
    "Finnish relative pronouns",
    "Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
    "Finnish terms derived from Proto-Uralic",
    "Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
    "Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Uralic",
    "Finnish terms suffixed with -ka",
    "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Finnish terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/ikæ",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/ikæ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kuin mikä"
    },
    {
      "word": "mihinkään"
    },
    {
      "word": "mihinpäin"
    },
    {
      "word": "mikin"
    },
    {
      "word": "mikäli"
    },
    {
      "word": "mikälie"
    },
    {
      "word": "mikään"
    },
    {
      "word": "millainen"
    },
    {
      "word": "milloin"
    },
    {
      "word": "milloin mikäkin"
    },
    {
      "word": "miltei"
    },
    {
      "word": "mimmoinen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkinlainen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkähintainen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkäikäinen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkäkinlainen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkäkokoinen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkälainen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkäluonteinen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkämaalainen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkämakuinen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkämerkkinen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkäniminen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkänäköinen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkävärinen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkäänarvoinen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minkäännäköinen"
    },
    {
      "word": "minne"
    },
    {
      "word": "mistäpäin"
    },
    {
      "word": "miten"
    },
    {
      "word": "mitätön"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *mi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *mi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "-ka",
        "alt1": "-kä"
      },
      "expansion": "-kä",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "joka"
      },
      "expansion": "joka",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "kuka"
      },
      "expansion": "kuka",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "*mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "*mikä",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "izh",
        "2": "mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "Ingrian mikä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vor",
        "2": "mikä"
      },
      "expansion": "Voro mikä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "mis"
      },
      "expansion": "Estonian mis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vep",
        "2": "mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Veps mi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "мезе"
      },
      "expansion": "Erzya мезе (meźe)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "мее"
      },
      "expansion": "мее (meje)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kpv",
        "2": "мый"
      },
      "expansion": "Komi-Zyrian мый (myj)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
        "2": "mi"
      },
      "expansion": "Hungarian mi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *mi, from Proto-Uralic *mi. The nominative and genitive singular forms, which would have otherwise been monosyllabic, have been extended with -kä (as with joka and kuka), possibly even in Proto-Finnic (*mikä), as reflected in Ingrian mikä and Voro mikä. Other cognates include Estonian mis, Veps mi, Erzya мезе (meźe), мее (meje), Komi-Zyrian мый (myj), Hungarian mi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fi-decl-pron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mikä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitkä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "superessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "superessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minkä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minkä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "delative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "delative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "sublative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "sublative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mikä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minkä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitkä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "lative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "lative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "missä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "missä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "milloin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "temporal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "temporal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mistä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mistä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mihin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mihin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "multiplicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "multiplicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "millä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "millä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "distributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miltä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miltä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "distributive",
        "temporal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mille",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mille",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "prolative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prolative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minä",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "situative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "situative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "oppositive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "oppositive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "determiner"
      },
      "expansion": "mikä",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "10p": "mille",
        "10s": "mille",
        "11p": "minä",
        "11s": "minä",
        "12p": "miksi",
        "12s": "miksi",
        "1p": "mitkä",
        "1s": "mikä",
        "2p": "minkä",
        "2s": "minkä",
        "3p": "mitä",
        "3s": "mitä",
        "4p": "mitkä",
        "4s": "mikä, minkä",
        "5p": "missä",
        "5s": "missä",
        "6p": "mistä",
        "6s": "mistä",
        "7p": "mihin",
        "7s": "mihin",
        "8p": "millä",
        "8s": "millä",
        "9p": "miltä",
        "9s": "miltä",
        "a3s": "minne",
        "a5s": "milloin",
        "a6s": "miten"
      },
      "name": "fi-decl-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "what, which"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what, which"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmikæ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmik̟æ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ikæ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "poetic",
        "relative"
      ],
      "word": "mi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mikä"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Finnish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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