mitellä
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== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
mitta + -ellä; thus literally "to measure one's skills against someone else's".
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmitelːæˣ/, [ˈmit̪e̞lːæ(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -itelːæ
Syllabification(key): mi‧tel‧lä
Hyphenation(key): mi‧tel‧lä
=== Verb ===
mitellä
(intransitive, figurative) to measure, size up, compare something or one's strength or skill with/against, compete
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=== Further reading ===
“mitellä”, 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
== Ingrian ==
=== Etymology ===
From mitta (“measure”) + -ellä. Akin to Finnish mitellä.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmitelːæ/, [ˈmite̞ˑlʲː]
(Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmitelːæ/, [ˈmid̥e̞ˑlːæ]
Rhymes: -itelː, -itelːæ
Hyphenation: mi‧tel‧lä
=== Verb ===
mitellä
(transitive, usually atelic) to measure
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=== References ===
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 311
Eva Saar (2017), Isuri keele Soikkola murde sõnamuutmissüsteem (PhD thesis), Tartu University Press, page 56