mustikka

Finnish

Etymology

Derivate of musta (“black”).

Noun

mustikka

1. bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus; a common shrub in Finland, and its fruit.
2. bilberry or blueberry, several closely related species of Vaccinium family, none of which grows naturally in Finland.

Declension

Inflection of mustikka (Kotus type 14/solakka, kk-k gradation)
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 mustikkainrare
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
instructive		—	mustikoin
abessive		mustikatta	mustikoitta
comitative		—	mustikkoineen

Usage notes

The shrub and its berry growing commonly in Finland, Vaccinium myrtillus, are called bilberry in standard English. There are also a number of regional words. Partly because the species is called blåbär in Swedish and Blaubeere in German, it is a common error to translate mustikka as blueberry. To add to the confusion blueberries, which are closely related to bilberries are also called mustikka in Finnish, and yet other species of Vaccinium family are also referred to as bilberries in English.

See also

• Wikipedia article on bilberry

Anagrams

• mutkikas