Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

6 months ago

#Tikutaja (Tikutaja)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla
Common #snipe, #GallinagoGallinago, aka #taevasikk, lit. #skygoat. Interestingly, its #Lithuanian and #Finnish names are just that: #perkūno #oželis, thunder (see #Pikse) kid/goat, and #taivaanvuohi, skygoat, respectively for
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

7 months ago

#Tiiva (Tiib)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
Wing (also flank, blade, or vane). Running out of birds, so name-bomber in the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Tikutaja.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Birds #Linnud