mustekala

Finnish

Etymology

muste (“ink”) +‎ kala (“fish”), calque of Swedish bläckfisk (“octopus”).

Noun

mustekala

  1. Any of the coleoid species, which form the taxonomic subclass Coleoidea (mustekalat); including e.g.octopus, squid (calamari), cuttlefish.
  2. 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

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