"mutta" meaning in Finnish

See mutta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ˈmutːɑ/, [ˈmut̪ːɑ̝]
Rhymes: -utːɑ Etymology: From muu (“other”), either based on the abessive singular form (muutta, as if "without something else", "not to mention something else"), the partitive singular form (muuta: "something else"; the -uu- would have first been shortened and the final vowel elided, thus mut(t) with reanalysis as mutta) or (rejected by SKRK) from the -tta suffix indicating adverbs of manner ("regarding something else"). Compare Ingrian mut, Karelian muuta. Etymology templates: {{m|fi|muu||other|id=other}} muu (“other”), {{m|fi|muutta}} muutta, {{m|fi|muuta}} muuta, {{m|fi||-uu-}} -uu-, {{m|fi||mut(t)}} mut(t), {{m|fi||mutta}} mutta, {{m|fi|-tta|id=adverbial}} -tta, {{cog|izh|mut}} Ingrian mut, {{cog|krl|muuta}} Karelian muuta Head templates: {{head|fi|conjunction}} mutta
  1. (coordinating) but (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence) Tags: coordinating
    Sense id: en-mutta-fi-conj-lBep9Y4H Categories (other): Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 44 41
  2. (coordinating) but (however/still/at least) (introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence, but in such a way that the preceding clause is not wholly rejected) Tags: coordinating
    Sense id: en-mutta-fi-conj--rOlcroD Categories (other): Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 44 41

Noun

IPA: /ˈmutːɑ/, [ˈmut̪ːɑ̝]
Rhymes: -utːɑ Etymology: From muu (“other”), either based on the abessive singular form (muutta, as if "without something else", "not to mention something else"), the partitive singular form (muuta: "something else"; the -uu- would have first been shortened and the final vowel elided, thus mut(t) with reanalysis as mutta) or (rejected by SKRK) from the -tta suffix indicating adverbs of manner ("regarding something else"). Compare Ingrian mut, Karelian muuta. Etymology templates: {{m|fi|muu||other|id=other}} muu (“other”), {{m|fi|muutta}} muutta, {{m|fi|muuta}} muuta, {{m|fi||-uu-}} -uu-, {{m|fi||mut(t)}} mut(t), {{m|fi||mutta}} mutta, {{m|fi|-tta|id=adverbial}} -tta, {{cog|izh|mut}} Ingrian mut, {{cog|krl|muuta}} Karelian muuta Head templates: {{head|fi|nouns|cat2=|g=|head=|sort=}} mutta, {{fi-noun}} mutta
  1. (idiomatic) ifs, ands, or buts; in a negative phrase, used like noun only in partitive plural (muttia) with qualifier mitään (modifications, limitations, or addenda; qualifications of any kind; speculations about whether a particular idea or enterprise is good, doubts) Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-mutta-fi-noun-HFd5c2aL Categories (other): Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 44 41

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for mutta meaning in Finnish (6.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muu",
        "3": "",
        "4": "other",
        "id": "other"
      },
      "expansion": "muu (“other”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muutta"
      },
      "expansion": "muutta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muuta"
      },
      "expansion": "muuta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-uu-"
      },
      "expansion": "-uu-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "mut(t)"
      },
      "expansion": "mut(t)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "mutta"
      },
      "expansion": "mutta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "-tta",
        "id": "adverbial"
      },
      "expansion": "-tta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "izh",
        "2": "mut"
      },
      "expansion": "Ingrian mut",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "muuta"
      },
      "expansion": "Karelian muuta",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From muu (“other”), either based on the abessive singular form (muutta, as if \"without something else\", \"not to mention something else\"), the partitive singular form (muuta: \"something else\"; the -uu- would have first been shortened and the final vowel elided, thus mut(t) with reanalysis as mutta) or (rejected by SKRK) from the -tta suffix indicating adverbs of manner (\"regarding something else\"). Compare Ingrian mut, Karelian muuta.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "mutta",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 44 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: vaan"
        },
        {
          "english": "I would have wanted to go with them, but I didn't have the time.",
          "text": "Olisin halunnut lähteä heidän mukaansa, mutta en ehtinyt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He is on a business trip right now, but will come back tomorrow.",
          "text": "Hän on nyt työmatkalla mutta palaa huomenna.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The food was good but also healthy.",
          "text": "Se ruoka on hyvää mutta myös terveellistä.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "But imagine, if you like, a world where climate change did not exist.",
          "text": "Mutta kuvittelepa maailma, jossa ei olisi ilmastonmuutosta.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mutta-fi-conj-lBep9Y4H",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(coordinating) but (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "coordinating"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 44 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: vaan"
        },
        {
          "english": "The book wasn't the best I have read, but (still) pretty good.",
          "text": "Kirja ei ollut paras lukemani, mutta ihan hyvä.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but (however/still/at least) (introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence, but in such a way that the preceding clause is not wholly rejected)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mutta-fi-conj--rOlcroD",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(coordinating) but (however/still/at least) (introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence, but in such a way that the preceding clause is not wholly rejected)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "coordinating"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmutːɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmut̪ːɑ̝]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-utːɑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mutta"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muu",
        "3": "",
        "4": "other",
        "id": "other"
      },
      "expansion": "muu (“other”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muutta"
      },
      "expansion": "muutta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muuta"
      },
      "expansion": "muuta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-uu-"
      },
      "expansion": "-uu-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "mut(t)"
      },
      "expansion": "mut(t)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "mutta"
      },
      "expansion": "mutta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "-tta",
        "id": "adverbial"
      },
      "expansion": "-tta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "izh",
        "2": "mut"
      },
      "expansion": "Ingrian mut",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "muuta"
      },
      "expansion": "Karelian muuta",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From muu (“other”), either based on the abessive singular form (muutta, as if \"without something else\", \"not to mention something else\"), the partitive singular form (muuta: \"something else\"; the -uu- would have first been shortened and the final vowel elided, thus mut(t) with reanalysis as mutta) or (rejected by SKRK) from the -tta suffix indicating adverbs of manner (\"regarding something else\"). Compare Ingrian mut, Karelian muuta.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "nouns",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mutta",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mutta",
      "name": "fi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 44 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't want to hear any ifs, ands or buts!",
          "text": "En halua kuulla mitään muttia!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "No ifs, ands or buts!",
          "text": "Ei mitään muttia!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ifs, ands, or buts; in a negative phrase, used like noun only in partitive plural (muttia) with qualifier mitään (modifications, limitations, or addenda; qualifications of any kind; speculations about whether a particular idea or enterprise is good, doubts)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mutta-fi-noun-HFd5c2aL",
      "links": [
        [
          "ifs, ands, or buts",
          "ifs, ands, or buts"
        ],
        [
          "muttia",
          "muttia"
        ],
        [
          "mitään",
          "mitään#Finnish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) ifs, ands, or buts; in a negative phrase, used like noun only in partitive plural (muttia) with qualifier mitään (modifications, limitations, or addenda; qualifications of any kind; speculations about whether a particular idea or enterprise is good, doubts)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmutːɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmut̪ːɑ̝]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-utːɑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mutta"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Finnish 2-syllable words",
    "Finnish conjunctions",
    "Finnish coordinating conjunctions",
    "Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Finnish informal terms",
    "Finnish lemmas",
    "Finnish nouns",
    "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/utːɑ",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/utːɑ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muu",
        "3": "",
        "4": "other",
        "id": "other"
      },
      "expansion": "muu (“other”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muutta"
      },
      "expansion": "muutta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muuta"
      },
      "expansion": "muuta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-uu-"
      },
      "expansion": "-uu-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "mut(t)"
      },
      "expansion": "mut(t)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "mutta"
      },
      "expansion": "mutta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "-tta",
        "id": "adverbial"
      },
      "expansion": "-tta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "izh",
        "2": "mut"
      },
      "expansion": "Ingrian mut",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "muuta"
      },
      "expansion": "Karelian muuta",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From muu (“other”), either based on the abessive singular form (muutta, as if \"without something else\", \"not to mention something else\"), the partitive singular form (muuta: \"something else\"; the -uu- would have first been shortened and the final vowel elided, thus mut(t) with reanalysis as mutta) or (rejected by SKRK) from the -tta suffix indicating adverbs of manner (\"regarding something else\"). Compare Ingrian mut, Karelian muuta.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "mutta",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Finnish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: vaan"
        },
        {
          "english": "I would have wanted to go with them, but I didn't have the time.",
          "text": "Olisin halunnut lähteä heidän mukaansa, mutta en ehtinyt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He is on a business trip right now, but will come back tomorrow.",
          "text": "Hän on nyt työmatkalla mutta palaa huomenna.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The food was good but also healthy.",
          "text": "Se ruoka on hyvää mutta myös terveellistä.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "But imagine, if you like, a world where climate change did not exist.",
          "text": "Mutta kuvittelepa maailma, jossa ei olisi ilmastonmuutosta.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(coordinating) but (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "coordinating"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Finnish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: vaan"
        },
        {
          "english": "The book wasn't the best I have read, but (still) pretty good.",
          "text": "Kirja ei ollut paras lukemani, mutta ihan hyvä.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but (however/still/at least) (introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence, but in such a way that the preceding clause is not wholly rejected)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(coordinating) but (however/still/at least) (introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence, but in such a way that the preceding clause is not wholly rejected)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "coordinating"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmutːɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmut̪ːɑ̝]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-utːɑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mutta"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Finnish 2-syllable words",
    "Finnish coordinating conjunctions",
    "Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Finnish informal terms",
    "Finnish lemmas",
    "Finnish nouns",
    "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/utːɑ",
    "Rhymes:Finnish/utːɑ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muu",
        "3": "",
        "4": "other",
        "id": "other"
      },
      "expansion": "muu (“other”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muutta"
      },
      "expansion": "muutta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "muuta"
      },
      "expansion": "muuta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-uu-"
      },
      "expansion": "-uu-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "mut(t)"
      },
      "expansion": "mut(t)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "mutta"
      },
      "expansion": "mutta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "-tta",
        "id": "adverbial"
      },
      "expansion": "-tta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "izh",
        "2": "mut"
      },
      "expansion": "Ingrian mut",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "muuta"
      },
      "expansion": "Karelian muuta",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From muu (“other”), either based on the abessive singular form (muutta, as if \"without something else\", \"not to mention something else\"), the partitive singular form (muuta: \"something else\"; the -uu- would have first been shortened and the final vowel elided, thus mut(t) with reanalysis as mutta) or (rejected by SKRK) from the -tta suffix indicating adverbs of manner (\"regarding something else\"). Compare Ingrian mut, Karelian muuta.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "nouns",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mutta",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mutta",
      "name": "fi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Finnish idioms",
        "Finnish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't want to hear any ifs, ands or buts!",
          "text": "En halua kuulla mitään muttia!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "No ifs, ands or buts!",
          "text": "Ei mitään muttia!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ifs, ands, or buts; in a negative phrase, used like noun only in partitive plural (muttia) with qualifier mitään (modifications, limitations, or addenda; qualifications of any kind; speculations about whether a particular idea or enterprise is good, doubts)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ifs, ands, or buts",
          "ifs, ands, or buts"
        ],
        [
          "muttia",
          "muttia"
        ],
        [
          "mitään",
          "mitään#Finnish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) ifs, ands, or buts; in a negative phrase, used like noun only in partitive plural (muttia) with qualifier mitään (modifications, limitations, or addenda; qualifications of any kind; speculations about whether a particular idea or enterprise is good, doubts)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmutːɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmut̪ːɑ̝]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-utːɑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mutta"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Finnish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-03-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-03-01 using wiktextract (68773ab and 5f6ddbb). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.