mussanmaa

Ingrian

Mussanmaa.

Etymology

From mussan (of black) + maa (land). Calque of Russian чернозём (černozjóm).

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmusːɑnˌmɑː/, [ˈmus̠ːəmˌmɑː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmusːɑnˌmɑː/, [ˈmuʃːɑmˌmɑː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: mus‧san‧maa

Noun

mussanmaa

  1. chernozem
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 64:
      Kuin ennen Oktjabrin revolutsiaa käytettii mussanmaan steepin talohust.
      How households of the chernozem steppes were held before the Oktober Revolution.

Declension

Declension of mussanmaa (type 8/maa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative mussanmaa mussanmaat
genitive mussanmaan mussanmaijen
partitive mussanmaata mussanmaita
illative mussanmaaha mussanmaihe
inessive mussanmaas mussanmais
elative mussanmaast mussanmaist
allative mussanmaalle mussanmaille
adessive mussanmaal mussanmail
ablative mussanmaalt mussanmailt
translative mussanmaaks mussanmaiks
essive mussanmaanna, mussanmaan mussanmainna, mussanmain
exessive1) mussanmaant mussanmaint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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