Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

6 months ago

Birds, like flowers, can have dozens of different names according to region, dialect, etc., sometimes hundreds, sometimes sharing, which can be quite a bugger. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Meriski.
#polynymy #polünüümia
#Dialects #Murded
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

11 months ago

and #hõbepappel or #hõbehaab, white poplar, Populus alba. Same muddle in both languages as to name, and both seem accepted, haab or pappel, and poplar or aspen. #Haava is also the genitive of #haav, meaning wound, but we’re a bit too far from the hospital (±3 km) for that.
#Polynymy #Polünüümia
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