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Musta.
English
Etymology
Written form of a reduction of must have.
Verb
musta
- (colloquial) Contraction of must have.
- He musta guessed. There's no other explanation.
- 2006, Noire , Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 38:
- I ran out the kitchen and down the narrow hallway. I passed a staircase on my right that led to the apartment upstairs where T.C. and Miss Lady lived. I'd never been invited up there but I had a colorful picture in my little head about how grand it musta been.
Usage notes
Reflecting pronunciation, used when have is an auxiliary rather than main verb.
Synonyms
See also
Anagrams
Cebuano
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
mustá (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- hello
- how are you?
- used to ask about the status of someone or something
Chamicuro
Preposition
musta
Estonian
Adjective
musta
Noun
musta
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *musta.
Adjective
musta (comparative mustempi, superlative mustin)
Declension
| Inflection of musta (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | musta | mustat | |
| genitive | mustan | mustien | |
| partitive | mustaa | mustia | |
| illative | mustaan | mustiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | musta | mustat | |
| accusative | nom. | musta | mustat |
| gen. | mustan | ||
| genitive | mustan | mustien mustainrare | |
| partitive | mustaa | mustia | |
| inessive | mustassa | mustissa | |
| elative | mustasta | mustista | |
| illative | mustaan | mustiin | |
| adessive | mustalla | mustilla | |
| ablative | mustalta | mustilta | |
| allative | mustalle | mustille | |
| essive | mustana | mustina | |
| translative | mustaksi | mustiksi | |
| abessive | mustatta | mustitta | |
| instructive | — | mustin | |
| comitative | — | mustine | |
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of "colour"): valkoinen
See also
| valkoinen | harmaa | musta |
| punainen; verenpunainen | oranssi; ruskea | keltainen; kermankeltainen, kermanvalkoinen |
| limetinvihreä | vihreä | mintunvihreä, minttu; tummanvihreä |
| syaani; sinivihreä | taivaansininen, asuuri | sininen |
| violetti; indigosini, indigo | magenta; purppura | vaaleanpunainen, pinkki |
Noun
musta
- black (colour)
- black (person)
- black horse
Declension
| Inflection of musta (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | musta | mustat | ||
| genitive | mustan | mustien | ||
| partitive | mustaa | mustia | ||
| illative | mustaan | mustiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | musta | mustat | ||
| accusative | nom. | musta | mustat | |
| gen. | mustan | |||
| genitive | mustan | mustien mustainrare | ||
| partitive | mustaa | mustia | ||
| inessive | mustassa | mustissa | ||
| elative | mustasta | mustista | ||
| illative | mustaan | mustiin | ||
| adessive | mustalla | mustilla | ||
| ablative | mustalta | mustilta | ||
| allative | mustalle | mustille | ||
| essive | mustana | mustina | ||
| translative | mustaksi | mustiksi | ||
| abessive | mustatta | mustitta | ||
| instructive | — | mustin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
- (person): neekeri (pejorative, considered racist), mustaihoinen (neutral)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of "colour"): valkoinen
- (antonym(s) of "person"): valkoihoinen
Derived terms
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
proper nouns
verbs
compounds
- celebesinmusta-apina
- harmaanmusta
- hiilenmusta
- hiilimusta
- keltamusta
- kokomusta
- korpinmusta
- liuskemusta
- mattamusta
- Mussalo
- musta-aavetetra
- musta-antilooppi
- mustadelfiini
- mustaeväkampela
- mustaevämonninen
- mustafrankoliini
- mustahaikara
- mustahammasahven
- mustahapero
- mustahartiaopossumi
- mustaherukka
- mustahevosantilooppi
- mustahuotrakala
- mustahämähäkkiapina
- mustahäntägerbiili
- mustahäntähyppymyyrä
- mustahäntäjänis
- mustahäntäpeura
- mustahäntäpreeriakoira
- mustaihoinen
- mustaisoliituri
- mustajalka
- mustajalkagenetti
- mustajalkaherttua-apina
- mustajalkahilleri
- mustajalkakenguru
- mustajalkakissa
- mustajalkamangusti
- mustajalkapuikkija
- mustajalkatylli
- Mustajoki
- mustajoutsen
- mustajuuri
- mustajänis
- Mustajärvi
- mustajättiläisorava
- mustajättiorava
- Mustakallio
- Mustakangas
- mustakappale
- mustakarhu
- mustakaulajoutsen
- mustakaulajänis
- mustakaulakobra
- mustakaulakurki
- mustakaularastas
- mustakaulatamariini
- mustakaulauikku
- mustakirppa
- mustakiuru
- mustakoiso
- mustakondori
- mustakorva-antilooppi
- mustakotka
- mustakottarainen
- mustakulma-albatrossi
- mustakultiainen
- mustakumina
- mustakurkkukerttu
- mustakurkkumurri
- mustakurkkumuura
- mustakurkkurautiainen
- mustakurkku-uikku
- mustalabeo
- Mustalahti
- mustalakkihekko
- mustalammas
- mustalanguri
- mustaleimainen
- mustaleipä
- mustalenkko
- mustalentäväkoira
- mustaleppälintu
- mustaleski
- mustaleukamuura
- mustaliito-orava
- mustalintu
- mustalipeä
- mustaliuske
- mustamaalata
- mustamaija
- mustamaki
- mustamakkara
- mustamamba
- Mustameri
- mustameriahven
- mustamies
- mustamolli
- mustamulta
- mustamuntjakki
- mustamuurahainen
- Mustamäki
- mustamölyapina
- mustanaamaleijona-apina
- mustanaamaleijonatamariini
- mustanaamasimpanssi
- mustanaamasukeltaja-antilooppi
- mustanaamauakari
- Mustanaamio
- mustaneontetra
- Mustaniemi
- mustankipeä
- Mustanoja
- mustanpuhuva
- mustanäätä
- mustaotsalepinkäinen
- mustapaita
- mustapaitainen
- mustapaku
- mustapapu
- Mustaparta
- mustapartainen
- mustapartasaki
- mustapekka
- mustapippuri
- mustapoppeli
- mustaposkidelfiini
- mustaposkikampela
- mustapuikkija
- mustapukuinen
- mustapussikärppä
- mustapuumuura
- mustapyrstökuiri
- mustapyrstötasku
- mustapyöriäinen
- mustapäinen
- Mustapää
- mustapää
- mustapääkerttu
- mustapäälokki
- mustapääsirkku
- mustapäästäinen
- mustapäätamariini
- mustapäätasku
- mustaraamattu
- mustarastas
- mustarotta
- mustarousku
- mustarumpukala
- mustaruostepyrstö
- mustaruuti
- Mustasaari
- mustasara
- mustaselkämonninen
- mustaselkäpuikkija
- mustaselkäsaki
- mustaselkäsukeltaja-antilooppi
- mustasieluinen
- mustasilmä
- mustasilmäinen
- mustasilmäsusanna
- Mustasilta
- mustasinappi
- mustasiruetana
- mustasukeltaja-antilooppi
- mustasukkainen
- mustatamariini
- mustatasku
- mustaterrieri
- mustatetra
- mustatiira
- mustatinami
- mustatokko
- mustatorvisieni
- mustatukkainen
- mustatumake
- mustatupsuhyppymyyrä
- mustatupsumarmosetti
- mustatupsusilkkiapina
- mustatäplähiipijä
- mustatäpläkettu
- mustavalas
- mustavalkea
- mustavalkoinen
- mustavaris
- mustavatsahedelmälepakko
- mustavatsahekko
- mustaviinimarja
- mustaviklo
- Mustavuori
- nokimusta
- pikimusta
- pikkumusta
- punamusta
- silkinmusta
- sinimusta
- sysimusta
- venäjänmustaterrieri
- yönmusta
Further reading
- “musta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
A variant for minusta.
Pronoun
musta
- (colloquial, personal) elative singular of mä (minä)
See also
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *musta. Cognates include Finnish musta and Estonian must.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmustɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmustɑ/,
- Rhymes: -ust, -ustɑ
- Hyphenation: mus‧ta
Noun
musta
Adjective
musta (comparative mustemp)
- black
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
- Kynnetyn maan päält möö näemmä mustaa, tali harmaata maan päälyst.
- On the ploughed land we see the black, or grey surface of the earth.
Declension
| Declension of musta (type 3/koira, st-ss gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | musta | mussat |
| genitive | mussan | mustiin |
| partitive | mustaa | mustia |
| illative | mustaa | mustii |
| inessive | mussaas | mussiis |
| elative | mussast | mussist |
| allative | mussalle | mussille |
| adessive | mussaal | mussiil |
| ablative | mussalt | mussilt |
| translative | mussaks | mussiks |
| essive | mustanna, mustaan | mustinna, mustiin |
| exessive1) | mustant | mustint |
| 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. | ||
Antonyms
- valkia (“white”)
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 321
Latin
Noun
musta
References
- musta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Livonian
Alternative forms
- (Courland) mustā
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *musta.
Adjective
musta
Livvi
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *musta.
Adjective
musta
Noun
musta
Pipil
Etymology
Compare Classical Nahuatl mōztla (“tomorrow”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
mūsta
- tomorrow
- Musta ka peyna tiawit talmukwepat nikan
- Tomorrow in the morning we are going to come back here
Related terms
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Interjection
mustá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ) (informal)
- Clipping of kumusta.