Names
Soone (Soon)
Little spring or stream, after the (now essentially covered, see Trummi) winding brooklet it crosses, Iisaku soon (Iisaku spring, source about 1 km WSW away). Iisaku itself probably comes from the Ger. name Isaak. The same word also means: 1) a groove or a slot; 2) a lode or a vein; 3) a vessel, vein, artery or duct; 4) a gutter or channel; and 5) for those with an inordinate interest in insects: trachea (for humans, it tends to be hingetoru (lit. soul‑ or, more reasonably, breath-tube) or trahhea. I'll stop and won't mention the thingies inside fiber-optic cables that ferry the pulse of modern existence.
Sõõru (Sõõrd)
Synonym, or near as dammit, of ale (see Alemaa), assart (i.e. land cleared and burned for cultivation) or, in some dialects, a small fenced meadow, often a clearing, prior to assarting. Part of a land-clearing group of streets, which pretty clearly excludes its other meaning of flow of milk from a teat. See also Tulimulla.
