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musta
musta
See also: muşta
English
Contraction
musta
Synonyms
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Estonian
Adjective
musta
Finnish
(index mu)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmustɑ/
 - Hyphenation: mus‧ta
 
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *musta, probably a loan from Germanic *musta-, compare Norwegian dialectal must (“fog, dust”).
Adjective
musta (comparative mustempi, superlative mustin)
Declension
| Inflection of musta (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | musta | mustat | |
| genitive | mustan | mustien | |
| partitive | mustaa | mustia | |
| illative | mustaan | mustiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | musta | mustat | |
| accusative | nom. | musta | mustat | 
| gen. | mustan | ||
| genitive | mustan |  mustien mustainrare  | 
|
| partitive | mustaa | mustia | |
| inessive | mustassa | mustissa | |
| elative | mustasta | mustista | |
| illative | mustaan | mustiin | |
| adessive | mustalla | mustilla | |
| ablative | mustalta | mustilta | |
| allative | mustalle | mustille | |
| essive | mustana | mustina | |
| translative | mustaksi | mustiksi | |
| instructive | — | mustin | |
| abessive | mustatta | mustitta | |
| comitative | — | mustine | |
Antonyms
- (colour): valkoinen
 
Related terms
Noun
musta
Declension
| Inflection of musta (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | musta | mustat | |
| genitive | mustan | mustien | |
| partitive | mustaa | mustia | |
| illative | mustaan | mustiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | musta | mustat | |
| accusative | nom. | musta | mustat | 
| gen. | mustan | ||
| genitive | mustan |  mustien mustainrare  | 
|
| partitive | mustaa | mustia | |
| inessive | mustassa | mustissa | |
| elative | mustasta | mustista | |
| illative | mustaan | mustiin | |
| adessive | mustalla | mustilla | |
| ablative | mustalta | mustilta | |
| allative | mustalle | mustille | |
| essive | mustana | mustina | |
| translative | mustaksi | mustiksi | |
| instructive | — | mustin | |
| abessive | mustatta | mustitta | |
| comitative | — | mustineen | |
Synonyms
- (person): neekeri (pejorative, considered racist), mustaihoinen (neutral)
 
Antonyms
- (colour): valkoinen
 - (person): valkoihoinen
 
Derived terms
- nouns: mustalainen
 
Etymology 2
A variant for minusta.
Pronoun
musta
- (colloquial, personal) Elative singular form of minä.
 
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
musta
References
- MUSTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
 
Pipil
Etymology
Compare Classical Nahuatl mōztla (“tomorrow”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
mūsta
-  tomorrow
-  Musta ka peyna tiawit talmukwepat nikan
- Tomorrow in the morning we are going to come back here
 
 
 -  Musta ka peyna tiawit talmukwepat nikan