#SkoltSaami is, again, #võrr. #Lepa appears in, e.g., #Lepatriinu; #lepalind, the redstart; and #lepariisikas, #LactariusLilacinus, a toadstool producing the red pigment #lilacinone. Research suggests it may also be a very early loan-word from an #IndoEuropean language meaning ‘paint’, with
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b) a farm or farmer’s name derived from #Russian first name #Kiril; c) a #neologism or #poetic term for a #typesetter, writer or font-worker (#kiri is a letter, writing or print); and d) despite the tendency to nickname this popular little bug, #kirilind is the closest we get to #lepatriinu, or
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Elektriline kollane või punane lepatriinu: Lõbusad ja värvilised lepatriinud.
Tutvusta oma lapsele maagilist maailma nende muusikat ja valgust pakkuvate lepatriinude abil. Valikus kollane ja punane. #lepatriinu #lastele #maagiline #elektriline #värviline
#Lepatriinu (Lepatriinu)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Mustamäe
#Ladybird (ladybug), see #Lepa. These insects are among those with the longest #Latin names. #Lutsernitriinu, for example, the 24-spot ladybird, reportedly common in #Estonia, is #SubcoccinellaVigintiquatuorpunctata. Just next door to #Herilase.
#Herilase (Herilane)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Mustamäe
Wasp. Just next door to #Lepatriinu. #Etymology unsure, perhaps a #Baltic loanword related to #Lithuanian #širšė (hornet). Given that #heris:here means scoundrel or wicked, its association is very tempting…
#Nature #Loodus
#Insect #Putukas
in #SkoltSaami is, again, #võrr. #Lepa appears in, e.g., #Lepatriinu; #lepalind, the redstart; and #lepariisikas, #LactariusLilacinus, a toadstool producing the red pigment #lilacinone. Research suggests it may also be a very early loan-word from an #IndoEuropean language meaning ‘paint’, with
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