meesta

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian место (mesto, “piece of luggage”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːstɑ/, [ˈmeːs̠t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːstɑ/, [ˈme̝ːʃtɑ]
• Rhymes: -eːst, -eːstɑ
• Hyphenation: mees‧ta
• Homophone: meestä

Noun

meesta

1. trousseau (clothes taken by the bride to her new home after marriage)

Declension

Declension of meesta (type 3/kana, st-ss gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	meesta	meessat
genitive	meessan	meestoin
partitive	meestaa	meestoja
illative	meestaa	meestoi
inessive	meessaas	meessois
elative	meessast	meessoist
allative	meessalle	meessoille
adessive	meessaal	meessoil
ablative	meessalt	meessoilt
translative	meessaks	meessoiks
essive	meestanna, meestaan	meestoinna, meestoin
exessive1)	meestant	meestoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308