mussikka

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Ingrian

Mussikat.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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