mikäli
Finnish
editEtymology
editmi- + -kä + -li (terminative)
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editmikäli
- if, provided that, in the event that
- Tulen mukaasi, mikäli maksat liput.
- I'll come with you, provided that you pay [for] the tickets.
Adverb
editmikäli (rare)
Further reading
edit- “mikäli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Ingrian
editEtymology
editFormed as a terminative of mikä (“what?”). Akin to Finnish mikäli.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmikæli/, [ˈmikælʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmikæːli/, [ˈmikˑæːlʲi]
- Rhymes: -ikælʲ, -ikæːli
- Hyphenation: mi‧kä‧li
Adverb
editmikäli
- Synonym of mikälitse
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 310
Categories:
- Finnish terms suffixed with -ka
- Finnish terms suffixed with -li (adverbial)
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ikæli
- Rhymes:Finnish/ikæli/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish conjunctions
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish adverbs
- Finnish rare terms
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ikælʲ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ikælʲ/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ikæːli
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ikæːli/3 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian adverbs