mušta
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
mušta |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
mušta |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *musta. Cognates include Finnish musta and Veps must.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuʃtɑ/
- Hyphenation: muš‧ta
Adjective
mušta (genitive muššan, partitive muštua, diminutive muštani / muštane)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of mušta (type 5/koira, št-šš gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mušta | muššat | |
| genitive | muššan | muštien | |
| partitive | muštua | muštie | |
| illative | muštah | muštih | |
| inessive | muššašša | muššissa | |
| elative | muššašta | muššista | |
| adessive | muššalla | muššilla | |
| ablative | muššalta | muššilta | |
| translative | muššakši | muššiksi | |
| essive | muštana | muština | |
| comitative | — | muššineh | |
| abessive | muššatta | muššitta | |
| Tver Karelian declension of mušta (type 5/koira št-šš gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mušta | muššat | |
| genitive | muššan | muššin | |
| partitive | muštua | muštie | |
| illative | muštah | muštih | |
| inessive | muššašša | muššissa | |
| elative | muššašta | muššista | |
| adessive | muššalla | muššilla | |
| ablative | muššalda | muššilda | |
| translative | muššakši | muššiksi | |
| essive | muštana | muština | |
| comitative | muššanke | muššinke | |
| abessive | muššatta | muššitta | |
| Possessive forms of mušta | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | muštani | |
| 2nd person | muštaš | |
| 3rd person | muštah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “mušta”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “musta”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “musta”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN