mitta

Alternative forms

• mett

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *metan (“to measure”). Cognate with German Metze.

Noun

mitta (plural mittas)

1. (historical) An old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.
   • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168:

     Once the mitta, or mett, a quantity of two bushels, is used for salt. The name still lingers in Lancashire.

Noun

mitta ?

1. (Luserna) Wednesday

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mitta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old English mitta, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (mitaþs, “measure”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmitːɑ/, [ˈmit̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -itːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): mit‧ta

Noun

mitta

1. measure (prescribed quantity or extent)

   ajan mittaan ― with time, in the course of time

   samalla mitalla ― in kind, in a similar way, reciprocally

2. measure (limit that cannot be exceeded)

   Minun mittani on täynnä.

   I have reached my measure (I have had enough).

3. measure (receptacle or vessel of standard size)

   suolamitta ― measure of salt

4. measure (standard against which something can be judged)

   Rehellisyys on miehen todellinen mitta.

   Honesty is the true measure of a man.

5. measure (any of various standard units of capacity)

   Kyläläiset maksoivat viholliselle tuhat mittaa viljaa.

   The villagers paid to the enemy a thousand measures of corn.

6. measure (size ascertained by measuring)

   mittatilauspuku ― made-to-measure suit

   hevosenmitta ― horse length

7. measure (something to take measurements)

   mittanauha ― tape measure

Further reading

• “mitta”, 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 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Matti, matit, matti, mitat

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mitta. Cognates include Finnish mitta and Karelian mitta.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmitːɑ/, [ˈmitː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmitːɑ/, [ˈmitːɑ]
• Rhymes: -itː, -itːɑ
• Hyphenation: mit‧ta

Noun

mitta

1. measure

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 311

Etymology

From Middle High German mittetac, from Old High German mittitac, from mitti (“middle”) + tac (“day”). Compare mitto (“midday”).

Noun

mitta m

1. Wednesday

See also

• (days of the week) ma'ta, eirta, mitta, pfinsta, vraita, sònsta, sunta ^{(Category: mhn:Days of the week)}

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Noun

mitta m

1. a dry and liquid measure of volume

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mitta”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मित्र (mitrá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás.

Noun

mitta m or n

1. friend
2. (in the plural) friendship