Names
Tähesaju (Tähesadu)
Meteorite shower (lit. starfall). Last of the D&D group as it peters out into the more, shall we say, ‘bricks and mortar’ streets of Kärberi K. and co. See Arbu. Named, like Taevakivi, after local traces of 20-25K year old meteorite impact.
Tähetorni (Tähetorn)
Observatory (lit. star tower). After the Tallinn Observatory, former watch tower on the Glehni N.v. estate. Tallinn’s previous observatory, the cupola of which can still be seen, was at Estonia 15.
Tähtpea (Tähtpea)
Scabious, gipsy rose, mournful widow, flowers all. One of the teasel family (Dipsacaceae), Scabiosa spp., flowers named for their use in treating scabies and other skin disorders, not to be confused with related genera such as Knautia (see Jaanilille). Only one species native to Estonia, the tui-tähtpea (lit. dove-starhead/startop) Yet another foreign street (from next-door Maardu) that slipped in when no-one was looking. Consider it a lexical marketer’s “bogof!”.
Täi (Täi)
Louse, but often used for flea, etc. Various locations, see also Viru väljak. There used to be a flea market on the corner of Uus and Väike Rannavärav, south of the Katkenud liin (the broken line) monument commemorating the Estonia Ferry disaster of 1994. It was also known as Trödelmarkt, junk/jumble market in 1913, indicated as still there on the Tallinna Linna Plaan 1922 (Tallinn street map) then moved to the location of the current bus terminal between Juhkentali, Odra and Lastekodu, mutating into Vanakraamiturg (lit. old stuff / junk market) until 1939, temporarily Uus Turg, new market (1939), then gracefully segueing into Laadaplats (fairground, 1939-60).
Taime (Taim)
Plant, vegetable.
