mustikka

From Proto-Finnic *mustikka. Equivalent to musta (“black”) +‎ -ikka (diminutive suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmustikːɑ/, [ˈmus̠tikːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ustikːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mus‧tik‧ka

mustikka

1. bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus; a common shrub in Finland, and its fruit
2. bilberry or blueberry, several closely related species of Vaccinium family, none of which grows naturally in Finland

The shrub and its berry growing commonly in Finland, Vaccinium myrtillus, are called bilberry in standard English. There are also a number of regional words. Despite this, mustikka is often (mistakenly) translated into English as "blueberry", partly because the species is called blåbär (literally “blueberry”) in Swedish and Blaubeere (literally “blueberry”) in German. To add to the confusion, blueberries, which are closely related to bilberries, are also called mustikka in Finnish, and yet other species of Vaccinium family are also referred to as "bilberries" in English.

• bilberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• “mustikka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• mutkikas