Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

6 months ago

#Piksepeni (Piksepeni)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Lepiku
Lit. #Thunderstorm #dog (#peni [or penni or pini] is an alternative or #dialect word for dog, more common in the southern half of #Estonia, cf. #Livonian #piņ, but see also Eastern (Ter?) #Sámi #pienneoi in #Eerikneeme, or #beana in Northern(?)
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

8 months ago

(see #Tammsaare A.H.), one in the #Kola peninsula village of #Поно́й (Ponoy, derived from ‘Sami’ [dialect unspecified] #pienneoi, dog river [see #Piksepeni]), which a local claimed to be called #Вавилонъ (Babylon). Others have been located in #Boughton, UK (the outline of a labyrinth can be
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