mušta

Karelian
Regional variants of mušta
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)

  1. black
  2. dark
  3. (South Karelian) filthy

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, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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