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mussikkaini

language: Karelian Proper

part of speech: Noun

phonetic variants: mussikka (New written karelian, New written Tver, Tikhvin, Tolmachi, Valdai, Vesyegonsk, Voknavolok); muššikkaine (Tunguda); mussikkani (Rugozero); mussikkane (Padany); muščoi (Myandyselga); mussik (Dyorzha); mušt’oi (Myandyselga)


1 meaning

  • Russian: черника
  • English: blueberry, bilberry, whortleberry
concept: blueberry, whortleberry

translation

Veps: mustik; mustikaine; mustikeine; must’ik; must’ikaine; must’ikeine

Livvi: must’oi; mus’t’oi; mus’t’uo; mušt’oi

Ludian: mus’t’uo; mus’t’uoi

dialects of usage: Kestenga, Knyazhaya, Reboly, Uhta

Examples (4)

the best an excellent a good a bad

1. Il’l’ampäivän aikah tuo mušta marja, mus’s’ikkain’i ne, šemmoset, juopukkaiset, ne Il’l’ampäivän aikah. (Pruasn’iekat)
2. Rahvaš šanotah niitä marjoja mussikkaisekši, a ken on tämän starinan kuullun – totuuven marjoiksi.
Черникой люди те ягоды называют, а кто предание слышал, так и вовсе – ягодами истины. (Starina mussikkaisešta)
3. Keryä mussikkaista,
Manšikkua ta hilluo –
Kešä antau iluo! (Vuuvvenajat)
4. Keryä mussikkaista,
Manšikkua ta hilluo –
Kešä antau iluo! (KEŠÄ)

All examples

wordforms (28)

mussikkai|ni [se, s]

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