mansikka

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *mancikka. Cognate with Estonian maasikas, Karelian mančikka, Livvi mandžoi and Veps manźikäińe. Probably ultimately derived from the same root as mantu (“soil”) and mantere (“continent”) with -ikka. Compare German Erdbeere, Latvian zemene and Lithuanian žemuogė, derived from their respective words for "earth". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɑnsikːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ns̠ikːɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑnsikːɑ Syllabification(key): man‧sik‧ka Hyphenation(key): man‧sik‧ka === Noun === mansikka strawberry, Fragaria (plant or berry) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== mustikka puolukka juolukka herukka === Further reading === “mansikka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023