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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
mitata (transitive)
- to measure (off/out), gauge
- mitata kuume (+ ablative) ― to take someone's temperature (in order to check if s/he is running a fever)
- (figuratively) to check out, examine visually (e.g. a person's appearance)
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Further reading
- “mitata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
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Ingrian
Etymology
From mitta (“measure”) + -ta. Akin to Finnish mitata and Karelian mitata.
Pronunciation
Verb
mitata
- (transitive) to measure
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
- Mittaisivat mitälee plaanua mööt, reknaisiit ja sanoivat, etti linnaa saa ono neljä kilometraa i yli tunnin, melkeen, möö leenemmä kois.
- They measured something along the map, counted and said, that it's four kilometers to the city and in an hour, approximately, we would be home.
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References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 309
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