#Volmre (?)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Former #FarmName of obscure origin. A #Volbri / #Volmri once existed there, named after a farm dependency called #Wolmri (1913) which looks like a possible abbreviation of #Woldemar, but unsure. New road (decided 2019?) scheduled to replace a
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#Sagari (?)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Former farm name. Could be a #haymaking term, and perhaps related to or an alternative spelling of #sakard:#sakardi, the extracted stump and roots of a tree, which could either be tailored to make a #rake or #fork or, depending on size, could also
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#Vikimõisa (Vikimõis) #Allasum?
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva #Vikimõisa
Uncertain 2023 addition to Tallinn’s streets, currently in the planning stage, named after former manor house, itself named after whichever whim went through its benighted owners’ minds: ranging from #CramersHöfchen
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#Keskküla (Keskküla)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Mid-village, middle of the village, village centre... Also name of (now) ruined manor house in #Läänemaa county. Former farm name.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#Kivipere (Kivipere)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
#Stone #homestead, probably an old farm name.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmNames #TaludeNimede
#Sõudebaasi (Sõudebaas)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva #Viki
#RowingBase. Road leading to same on #Harku järv (lake).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Sport #Spordid
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Kaaruti (Kaarutus)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Turning over the hay, or #tedding, in olden days done with a rake, now with a mechanical #tedder, to #wuffle it up. And if you don’t just love those words there’s nothing I can do. Road built and paired with #Äkke.
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
#Astangu, #Haabersti, #Kakumäe, #Mustjõe, #Mäeküla, #Pikaliiva, #RoccaAlMare, #Tiskre, #Veskimetsa, #Vismeistri, #VäikeÕismäe and #Õismäe.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Kärbise (Kärbis)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Corn-drying rack, a roughly 2-m sapling stripped of bark and driven vertically into the ground for drying corn, flax, etc. Yet another harvest-related street created in 2023 but still unbuilt, see #Kõpla.
#Harvest #Lõikus
#HayMaking #Heinategu
#Sarra (Sard)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Drying hurdle, rack, field trestle or scaffold for drying flaxseed or hay. Also #skeleton. Mini hay-related group. See #Tuudi.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#HayMaking #Heinategu
#Harvest #Lõikus
#Hargi (Hark)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Dungfork, also fork, pitchfork, prong. Part of a harvest street-name group. See #Kabli.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#HayMaking #Heinategu
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
#FarmImplements #Talutööriistad
#Alemaa (Alemaa)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
*Ale* (not the beer) is one of Estonia’s various slash-and-burn terms for a plot of cleared, burnt land ready for planting. Other dialect words for the same or very similar include...
#SlashAndBurn #Aletegemine
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
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#Kuhja (Kuhi)
Heap, rick, pile, stack. Mini hay-, harvest-related group. See #Rangu.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
#HayMaking #Heinategu
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Paldiski (?)
Town, port, and former #Soviet nuclear submarine training center close to #Tallinn...
#Kesklinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kristiine #Haabersti #Kassisaba #Kelmiküla #Pelgulinn #Lilleküla #Lille #Marja #Merimetsa #Mustjõe #Haabersti #Veskimetsa #Pikaliiva #VäikeÕismäe #Astangu #Mäeküla
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#Tuki (Tukk)
Firebrand, piece of smoldering wood (not to be confused with tukk:tuka, tuft of hair, bang [US], forelock, or tukk:tuku, nap, forty winks, or tükk:tüki, piece, lump, chunk, etc. Part of a fire, fire-making and fireplace group, see Tulekivi.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
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#Tuudi (Tuut?)
Meaning uncertain. Possibly a crop, perhaps related to #tuudik, a #Rõuge, #Võru, dialect term for #Taime, plant or vegetable. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the -ik ending in plants seems to indicate ‘apparency’, where the object named looks like
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
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#Luisu (Luisk)
Whetstone for scythes. Even sounds like it. Part of a harvest street-name group. See #Reha.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
#Harvest #Lõikus
#HayMaking #Heinategu
#FarmImplements #Talutööriistad
#Oja (Oja)
Brook, small stream. #SovietOccupation renaming (1950-1990) of #UueMaailma. Anagram of #Joa.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
#WaterRelatedStreets #VeeteedeTänavad
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Saadu (1] Saad; 2] Saat; 3] Saadu)
1] Cock, haycock, stack, rick, usually man-high and conical; 2] Suite, entourage; 3] Acquisition, something got – kuidas saadud, nõnda läinud: easy come, easy go. Located in a hay-making group, so it must be 1.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
#Koogu (Kook)
Hook, but comes in different varieties, usually a retaining- or lifting-device such as an S-shaped pothook, ahjukook (for ovens) or pajakook (for smithies), a bucket pole, kaevukook (well hook, for...
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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#Rõugu (Rõuk)
1) One of the vertical stakes in the back of a farm cart holding the sides in place; 2) Hay or corn stacked on a triangular or A-shaped rack, the rack itself. Given its immediate neighbors, Kubu, Vihu, etc., probably
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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#Sepapoisi (Sepapoiss)
(Black)Smith’s apprentice. Street across the road from #Sepapere.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
#Vanakuu (Vanakuu)
Old moon. In this case (see #Noorkuu), waning crescent. Eastern arc of the two semi-circular moon streets.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
"But oh, methinks how slow this old moon wanes! She lingers my desires..."
Willie Waggledaggle 🌘 ❣️
#Vaalu (Vaal)
Swathe, bank and windrow. Varied: multiple conflicting definitions and translations found. A common interpretation is ‘windrow’ (see #Loo), ...
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#HayMaking #Heinategu
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
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NB: Revised definition.
#Pikaliiva (Pikaliiv)
Lit. long sand, more realistically sandy expanse or stretch. Lit. long sand, more realistically sandy expanse or stretch. Street cutting through two crescents called #Noorkuu and #Vanakuu, new and old moon, respectively.
#Sand #Liiv
#Celestial #Taevalik
