muste (“ink”) + kala (“fish”), calque of Swedish bläckfisk (“octopus”).
mustekala
“Inkfish” usually denotes “cuttlefish” in English, whereas its Finnish calque mustekala refers to any animal in the subclass Coleoidea, within which the Sepiida are an order. These terms are thus false friends.
Inflection of mustekala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mustekala | mustekalat | |
genitive | mustekalan | mustekalojen | |
partitive | mustekalaa | mustekaloja | |
illative | mustekalaan | mustekaloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mustekala | mustekalat | |
accusative | nom. | mustekala | mustekalat |
gen. | mustekalan | ||
genitive | mustekalan | mustekalojen mustekalain rare | |
partitive | mustekalaa | mustekaloja | |
inessive | mustekalassa | mustekaloissa | |
elative | mustekalasta | mustekaloista | |
illative | mustekalaan | mustekaloihin | |
adessive | mustekalalla | mustekaloilla | |
ablative | mustekalalta | mustekaloilta | |
allative | mustekalalle | mustekaloille | |
essive | mustekalana | mustekaloina | |
translative | mustekalaksi | mustekaloiksi | |
abessive | mustekalatta | mustekaloitta | |
instructive | — | mustekaloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |