mustekala
Finnish
Etymology
muste (“ink”) + kala (“fish”), calque of Swedish bläckfisk (“octopus”).
Noun
mustekala
- Any of the coleoid species, which form the taxonomic subclass Coleoidea (mustekalat); including e.g.octopus, squid (calamari), cuttlefish.
- bungee (elastic fabric-bound strap with a hook at each end)
Usage notes
"Inkfish" usually denotes "cuttlefish" in English, whereas it's 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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | mustekaloin | |
| abessive | mustekalatta | mustekaloitta | |
| comitative | — | mustekaloineen | |
Synonyms
- (cephalopod): pääjalkainen
Hyponyms
- postitorvi (Spirulida)
- pikkuseepia (Sepiolida)
- seepia (Sepiida)
- kalmari (Teuthida)
- tursas (Octopoda)
- vampyyritursas (Vampyromorphida)
See also
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