mustekala
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmusteˣˌkɑlɑ/, [ˈmus̠te̞k̚ˌkɑ̝lɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
- Syllabification(key): mus‧te‧ka‧la
Noun
mustekala
- Any of the coleoid species, which form the taxonomic subclass Coleoidea; including e.g.octopus, squid (calamari), cuttlefish.
- bungee (elastic fabric-bound strap with a hook at each end)
- British Bulldog, octopus tag (children's game in which on every turn players run from one end of a the playfield to another, with an in-field player tagging players which then become stationary taggers themselves)
- Synonym: kuka pelkää mustaa miestä
Usage notes
“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.
Declension
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 mustekalainrare | ||
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. |
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Synonyms
- (cephalopod): pääjalkainen
- (elastic strap): kiinnikeremmi, kumiköysi
Hyponyms
- postitorvi (Spirulida)
- pikkuseepia (Sepiolida)
- seepia (Sepiida)
- kalmari (Teuthida)
- tursas (Octopoda)
- vampyyritursas (Vampyromorphida)
See also
Further reading
- “mustekala”, 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 2023-07-03
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