mussikka

Ingrian

Mussikat.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mustikka. Cognates include Finnish mustikka and Estonian mustikas.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmusːikːɑ/, [ˈmus̠ːĭkː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmusːikːɑ/, [ˈmuʃːikːɑ]
• Rhymes: -usːikː, -usːikːɑ
• Hyphenation: mus‧sik‧ka

Noun

mussikka

1. bilberry

Declension

Declension of mussikka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mussikka	mussikat
genitive	mussikan	mussikkoin
partitive	mussikkaa	mussikkoja
illative	mussikkaa	mussikkoihe
inessive	mussikaas	mussikois
elative	mussikast	mussikoist
allative	mussikalle	mussikoille
adessive	mussikaal	mussikoil
ablative	mussikalt	mussikoilt
translative	mussikaks	mussikoiks
essive	mussikkanna, mussikkaan	mussikkoinna, mussikkoin
exessive1)	mussikkant	mussikkoint
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.

Derived terms

• (diminutive): mussikkain

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 321

Karelian

Regional variants of mussikka

North Karelian (Viena)	mussikka
South Karelian (Tver)	mussikka

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mustikka. Cognates include Finnish mustikka and Veps mustik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmusʲːikːɑ/
• Hyphenation: mus‧sik‧ka

Noun

mussikka (genitive mussikan, partitive mussikkua)

1. bilberry

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of mussikka (type 4/kala, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mussikka	mussikat
genitive	mussikan	mussikkojen
partitive	mussikkua	mussikkoja
illative	mussikkah	mussikkoih
inessive	mussikašša	mussikoissa
elative	mussikašta	mussikoista
adessive	mussikalla	mussikoilla
ablative	mussikalta	mussikoilta
translative	mussikakši	mussikoiksi
essive	mussikkana	mussikkoina
comitative	—	mussikoineh
abessive	mussikatta	mussikoitta

Tver Karelian declension of mussikka (type 4/kala kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mussikka	mussikat
genitive	mussikan	mussikoin
partitive	mussikkua	mussikkoida
illative	mussikkah	mussikkoih
inessive	mussikašša	mussikoissa
elative	mussikašta	mussikoista
adessive	mussikalla	mussikoilla
ablative	mussikalda	mussikoilda
translative	mussikakši	mussikoiksi
essive	mussikkana	mussikkoina
comitative	mussikanke	mussikoinke
abessive	mussikatta	mussikoitta

Possessive forms of mussikka
1st person	mussikkani
2nd person	mussikkaš
3rd person	mussikkah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “mussikka”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “mussikka”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN