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Talviku (Talvik)

1) Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella, a member of the bunting family. Nominative often talvike, also known (in earlier times perhaps) in vernacular or dialect forms as jõhviklind, (cranberry bird); kadakasass (the parent term kadakasakslane or ‘Juniper German’ indicated an Estonian mimicking higher social-status Germans [see Dominiiklaste, Nurmenuku and Uus-Kalamaja]; from MLG Katesaße – Kate, peasant farmer’s or day-labourer’s hut or cottage + Saße, residence – for cottager or slum- or hovel-dweller); kaerasööja (oat-eater); kollane varblane (yellow sparrow); külmatihane (cold tit); talitsiitsitaja or tsiitsilind (tali=winter, but where the tsiitsi comes from is anybody’s business: unlikely to be from Frisian tsiis for cheese but poss. just reflecting the birdcall). Talvik:talviku is ‘umbellate wintergreen’, Chimaphila umbellata, and, for non-hibernating farmers of the past, a cow born in winter. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Tedre.

Vindi (Vint)

Finch. Also means 2) Endless screw (probably not what you think); and 3) Card game. Breeding in Estonia:

  • Koldvint, European serin, Serinus serinus
  • Metsvint, chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs
  • Põhjavint, brambling, F. montifringilla
  • Rohevint, European greenfinch, Carduelis chloris
  • Suurnokk-vint aka suurnokk, hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Viu.

 

 

 

Viu (Viu)

Buzzard (also interjection Viu! meaning Whew! Whiz! Ping! or onomatopœia of your choice). Breeding in Estonia:

  • Herilaseviu, European honey-buzzard, Pernis apivorus
  • Hiireviu, common buzzard, Buteo buteo
  • Karvasjalg-viu aka Taliviu, rough-legged buzzard, B. lagopus

Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Vuti.

Tihase (Tihane)

Tit. Breeding in Estonia:

  • Kukkurtihane, Eurasian penduline tit (which must surely raise the occasional eyebrow), Remiz pendulinus
  • Lasuurtihane, azure tit, Parus cyanus
  • Musttihane, coal tit, P. ater
  • Põhjatihane, willow tit, P. montanus
  • Rasvatihane, great tit, P. major
  • Sabatihane, long-tailed tit otherwise known around the UK as bum-towel, creak-mouse, jack-in-a-bottle, long tom, miller’s thumb and poke-pudding, Aegithalos caudatus
  • Salutihane aka sootihane, marsh tit, P. palustris
  • Sinitihane, blue tit, P. caeruleus
  • Taigatihane, siberian tit, P. cinctus
  • Tutt-tihane, crested tit, P. cristatus.

Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Tiiva.

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