Kas siin on #võru keelt kõnelevaid inimesi? Või oskab keegi öelda, mida tähendab see, mis näib olevat -kõnõ lõpp?
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compiler of various #dictionaries (e.g. #EhstnischDeutschesWörterbuch (1869), Estonian-German dictionary) and grammars of northern coastal #Estonian, #Võru, #Livonian, #Syjranisch (aka Siranian, Sirenian, Sirjenic, Syrjenic also written Zirianian, a perhaps now extinct #Finnish dialect of the
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#Võru (Võru)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
#Town, #region and #dialect in south-eastern #Estonia. Although võru also means ring, band, hoop or collar, that is unlikely to be the origin of this street name. See discusion of Võru under #ViruVärav.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names

#Latvian #lauks (or tīrums) and #Lith. #laukas, #Võru #põld and #nurḿ and #Livonian #nuŗm which latter are cognates with Est. #nurm (meadow, field, lea…). Briefly (1940-41) known as #Põllumehe, farmers (sing. #Põllumees). Parallel to #Saha.

#Geography #Geograafia
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
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Äia (Äi)
#NotInTallinn #TallinnasMitte
Father-in-law. Along with #äio or #äiolane (#äi:äio in #Võru dialect), it also means ‘devil’ and its attendant adjectival consequences: damn, bloody, fuck(ing)... shedding a grim light on Estonian in-law affinities. By the same logic, #äiatar, the
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#saat (in the #Mulgi or #Viljandi dialect), #sõõrd (in the #Tartu & #Võru dialects but see also #Sõõru), and #uht (apparently, in the #Lääne [Western] dialect), so this means #assart, grubbed land, forest-clearing, swidden. Part of a land-clearing group of streets, see also #Põlendiku.
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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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#Ugala (Ugala)
One-time province of south-eastern #Estonia, otherwise known as #Ugandi, #Ugania, #Ungannia or, most accurately, #Ugaunia, encompassing the present-day counties of #Tartu, #Põlva, #Võru and #Valga.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu #Kivimäe
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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at one stage, just plain castrum (fortress), then der Dohm (Ger.) or toompä (Old Est.), later translated into #Võru as Tuuḿpää. One of #Vanalinn’s 4 main Wards (see also #AllLinn). Legend has it as #Kalev’s final resting-place (see #Kalevipoja); archaeologists are still digging…
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Estonia: New military base opened near Võru Estonia has opened a new military base in the village of Juba, near the southern Estonian town of Võru, ERR reports. The Reedo army base has 14 buildings that can accommodate up to 1,000…

#Estonia has opened a new #military base near the southern Estonian town of #Võru. The Reedo army base can accommodate up to 1,000 Estonian and #NATO military personnel.