Maistuvaa

Maistuvaa is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective maistuva, meaning "tasty" or "palatable." It is used to describe food or drink that has a pleasant taste and is suitable to be eaten or consumed. In ordinary Finnish, maistuvaa typically occurs with nouns in the partitive case, as in maistuvaa ruokaa (tasty food) or maistuvaa kahvia (delicious coffee).

The adjective maistuva is derived from the verb maistaa or maistua, meaning "to taste" or "to be palatable." The suffix -va forms adjectives from verbs, indicating a quality. Finnish adjectives agree with the noun in case and number, so maistuva takes the partitive form maistuvaa when the modified noun is in the partitive. Other common inflected forms include maistuvia for partitive plural, as in maistuvia ruokia (delicious dishes).

Maistuva is a common, neutral descriptor in everyday language, food writing, and menus. It is often used in non-assertive contexts to convey pleasant taste without asserting a definitive judgment. A closely related term is maittava, another Finnish adjective meaning “delicious” or “palatable,” which can convey a slightly stronger or more literary sense in some stylistic contexts.

See also: maittava, herkullinen, ruokakulttuuri.