"miten" meaning in Finnish

See miten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈmiten/, [ˈmit̪e̞n]
Rhymes: -iten Etymology: mi- (“what”) + -ten (causative singular) Etymology templates: {{fi-adverbial-case|causative}} causative singular, {{suffix|fi|mikä|ten|alt1=mi-|pos2=causative singular|t1=what}} mi- (“what”) + -ten (causative singular) Head templates: {{head|fi|adverbs}} miten
  1. how (in what way) Synonyms (more formal): kuinka Derived forms: mitenkin Derived forms (compounds): mitenkuten Related terms: mitenkään

Inflected forms

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