mustikka
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *mustikka. Equivalent to musta (“black”) + -ikka (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmustikka
- bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus; a common shrub in Finland, and its fruit
- bilberry or blueberry, several closely related species of Vaccinium family, none of which grows naturally in Finland
Usage notes
editThe shrub and its berry growing commonly in Finland, Vaccinium myrtillus, are called bilberry in standard English. There are also a number of regional words. Despite this, mustikka is often (mistakenly) translated into English as "blueberry", partly because the species is called blåbär (literally “blueberry”) in Swedish and Blaubeere (literally “blueberry”) in German. 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.
Declension
editInflection 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
editcompounds
- kissanmustikka
- kurjenpolvi-mustikkatyyppi
- käenkaali-mustikkatyyppi
- mustikanvarpu
- mustikanvarsi
- mustikkahillo
- mustikkakeitto
- mustikkakiisseli
- mustikkakukko
- mustikkamaito
- mustikkamehu
- mustikkapensas
- mustikkapiirakka
- mustikkapuu
- mustikkapöperö
- mustikkasoppa
- mustikkasose
- mustikkatorttu
- mustikkatyyppi
- pensasmustikka
- puolukka-mustikkatyyppi
- seinäsammal-mustikkatyyppi
- sianmustikka
- variksenmarja-mustikkatyyppi
See also
editFurther 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