#Kõivu (Kõiv)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Merivälja
Alt., dialect and/or #Võro term for #Kase (cf. koivu in Finnish, kõuv in Livonian, and koiv in Veps). Counterpart in antiquity to #Lõhmuse. Variants include #arukõiv (see #Arukaskede); #marokõiv (see #Kase), and #sookõiv (see #Sookaskede).
#Trees #Puud
#Arukaskede (Arukased [pl.])
Silver or lowland birches (Sing.: arukask), Betula pendula, aka kask, arukõiv (kõiv is a dialectal, and probably older, name for birch), õmmik (the beneedled), etc. Since Aru or arro also means dry land, this may well reflect the tree’s habitat.
#Tallinn#Lasnamäe#Sõjamäe
#Arukaskede (Arukased [pl.])
Silver or lowland birches (Sing.: arukask), Betula pendula, aka kask, arukõiv (kõiv is a dialectal, and probably older, name for birch), õmmik (the beneedled), etc. Since #Aru or arro also means dry land, this may well reflect the tree’s habitat.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Laagri
