millainen
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== Finnish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
millanen (colloquial)
=== Etymology ===
By assimilation from dialectal minlainen, from min(kä) (“of which”) + -lainen (“kind of”). Cognate with Estonian milline (“what, what kind of”) and Ingrian millain, miltain, milläin (“what kind of”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmilːɑi̯nen/, [ˈmilːɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
Rhymes: -ilːɑinen
Syllabification(key): mil‧lai‧nen
Hyphenation(key): mil‧lai‧nen
=== Adjective ===
millainen (not comparable)
what, what kind of, what...like
==== Declension ====
==== Synonyms ====
minkälainen
mimmoinen, (colloquial) mimmonen
=== Further reading ===
“millainen”, 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 3 July 2023