jotenkin

Finnish

Etymology

jokin +‎ -ten (causative)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjoteŋkin/, [ˈjo̞t̪e̞ŋk̟in]
Rhymes: -oteŋkin
Syllabification^(key): jo‧ten‧kin

Adverb

jotenkin

somehow
En tiedä, mitä hän sanoi, mutta jotenkin hän sai poliisin uskomaan tarinansa.
I don't know what he said, but somehow he was able to make the police believe his story.

Further reading

“jotenkin”, 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 2023-07-02

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