mustikka
Appearance
Finnish
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *mustikka. Equivalent to musta (“black”) + -ikka (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmustikːɑ/, [ˈmus̠tikːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ustikːɑ
- Syllabification(key): mus‧tik‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): mus‧tik‧ka
Noun
[edit]mustikka
- bilberry, common bilberry, European blueberry, blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); a common shrub in Finland, and its fruit
- Synonym: kangasmustikka
- (loosely) blueberry, bilberry; any of several closely related species in the genus Vaccinium with blue fruit, or those fruit
Usage notes
[edit]The Finnish term mustikka generally refers to the berry of Vaccinium myrtillus, making it less broad than English blueberry and correspond to English bilberry (or "European blueberry") in most cases. However, broadly speaking, mustikka can mean any similar plant in the genus Vaccinium, of which Vaccinium myrtillus is the only species naturally growing in Finland (alongside juolukka, which is generally understood as separate from mustikka). When referring specifically to North American forms of blueberry, one might e.g. use the adjective amerikkalainen, or use the species name (e.g. pensasmustikka for Vaccinium corymbosum).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mustikka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | mustikka | mustikat | |
genitive | mustikan | mustikoiden mustikoitten mustikkojen | |
partitive | mustikkaa | mustikoita mustikkoja | |
illative | mustikkaan | mustikoihin mustikkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mustikka | mustikat | |
accusative | nom. | mustikka | mustikat |
gen. | mustikan | ||
genitive | mustikan | mustikoiden mustikoitten mustikkojen mustikkain rare | |
partitive | mustikkaa | mustikoita mustikkoja | |
inessive | mustikassa | mustikoissa | |
elative | mustikasta | mustikoista | |
illative | mustikkaan | mustikoihin mustikkoihin | |
adessive | mustikalla | mustikoilla | |
ablative | mustikalta | mustikoilta | |
allative | mustikalle | mustikoille | |
essive | mustikkana | mustikkoina | |
translative | mustikaksi | mustikoiksi | |
abessive | mustikatta | mustikoitta | |
instructive | — | mustikoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- kissanmustikka
- kurjenpolvi-mustikkatyyppi
- käenkaali-mustikkatyyppi
- mustikanvarpu
- mustikanvarsi
- mustikkahillo
- mustikkajogurtti
- mustikkakeitto
- mustikkakiisseli
- mustikkakukko
- mustikkamaito
- mustikkamehu
- mustikkapensas
- mustikkapiirakka
- mustikkapuu
- mustikkapöperö
- mustikkasoppa
- mustikkasose
- mustikkatorttu
- mustikkatyyppi
- pensasmustikka
- puolukka-mustikkatyyppi
- seinäsammal-mustikkatyyppi
- sianmustikka
- variksenmarja-mustikkatyyppi
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mustikka”, 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 2023-07-03