mitellä

mitta +‎ -ellä; thus literally "to measure one's skills against someone else's".

• IPA^(key): /ˈmitelːæˣ/, [ˈmit̪e̞lːæ(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -itelːæ
• Syllabification^(key): mi‧tel‧lä

mitellä

1. (intransitive, figurative) to measure, size up, compare something or one's strength or skill with/against, compete

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• “mitellä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

From mitta (“measure”) +‎ -ellä. Akin to Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmitelːæ/, [ˈmite̞lʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmitelːæ/, [ˈmid̥e̞lːæ]
• Rhymes: -itelː, -itelːæ
• Hyphenation: mi‧tel‧lä

mitellä

1. (transitive, usually atelic) to measure

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• 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