mušta

Karelian

Regional variants of mušta

North Karelian (Viena)	mušta
South Karelian (Tver)	mušta

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *musta. Cognates include Finnish musta and Veps must.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuʃtɑ/
• Hyphenation: muš‧ta

Adjective

mušta (genitive muššan, partitive muštua, diminutive muštani／muštane)

1. black
2. dark
3. (South Karelian) filthy

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of mušta (type 5/koira, št-šš gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mušta	muššat
genitive	muššan	muštien
partitive	muštua	muštie
illative	muštah	muštih
inessive	muššašša	muššissa
elative	muššašta	muššista
adessive	muššalla	muššilla
ablative	muššalta	muššilta
translative	muššakši	muššiksi
essive	muštana	muština
comitative	—	muššineh
abessive	muššatta	muššitta

Tver Karelian declension of mušta (type 5/koira št-šš gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mušta	muššat
genitive	muššan	muššin
partitive	muštua	muštie
illative	muštah	muštih
inessive	muššašša	muššissa
elative	muššašta	muššista
adessive	muššalla	muššilla
ablative	muššalda	muššilda
translative	muššakši	muššiksi
essive	muštana	muština
comitative	muššanke	muššinke
abessive	muššatta	muššitta

Possessive forms of mušta
1st person	muštani
2nd person	muštaš
3rd person	muštah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “mušta”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “musta”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “musta”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN