Names
Kume (Kume)
Hollow or dull sound, cloudy weather, glimmering (in the faint or twilight sense, cf. Tennyson’s use of glimmer-gowk for the owl, probably the barn-own). The old Baltic-German kumm:kumme (deep, round bowl or dish) is not very helpful. Part of an oddly-concocted and non-contiguous sinister-street area (See also Kura and Kõnnu). Usually declined kume:kumeda, the present genitive may also be used, but since one of its earlier names was Kuma (glimmer, gleam, shimmer), the meaning is probably of the “It was a dark and stormy night” variety.
Kummeli (Kummel)
Camomile, Latin name debated. Plant beloved by new-agers for treating alcohol withdrawal, asthma, bronchitis, colic, cough, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, ear infection, brain extraction and nuclear winters. Street name with longest (?) anagram: Lemmiku, which might explain its popularity. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see Kõdra.
Kunderi J.
(Juhan Kunder, 1852-1888)
Writer known mainly for folk tales or fairy tales, e.g. Eesti Muinasjutud (usually translated as Estonian Fairytales). Occasional firefighter who died of typhus (probably unrelated).
