mustikka
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *mustikka. Equivalent to musta (“black”) + -ikka (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmustikːɑ/, [ˈmus̠t̪ikːɑ]
- Rhymes: -ustikːɑ
- Syllabification(key): mus‧tik‧ka
Noun
mustikka
- 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
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. 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
| Inflection 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 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 | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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