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Käokõrva (Käokõrv)
Lit. cuckoo’s ear. Aka Käosamblik. Cetraria, a lichen, for which the genus has no common name. Five species common to Estonia: harilik käokõrv, lit. common cetraria, Cetraria sepincola (Tuckermanopsis sepincola?); islandi käokõrv, Icelandic moss, only cetraria with an English name, C. islandica, see Põdrasambla; kitsas käokõrv, lit. slender cetraria, C. ericetorum; põõsasjas käokõrv, lit. bushy cetraria, C. muricata, almost exclusively Estonian, with odd occurrences in neighboring islands; and sarv-käokõrv, lit. horn cetraria; C. aculeata. Street scheduled 2020 for building off Kalda, with name chosen in preference to Kilpjala and Raunjala.
Käokeele (Käokeel)
Platanthera, butterfly-orchid, Platanthera spp. Lit. cuckoo’s tongue. Estonia has two species: rohekas käokeel, the greater butterfly-orchid, Platanthera chlorantha (chlorantha = green-flowered & rohekas = greenish), and kahelehine käokeel, the lesser butterfly-orchid, P. bifolia (bifolia = kahelehine = two-leafed). One of the Mähe flower-name group, see Käokäpa.
Mähe (0)
Apparently from the name of a village which may have been named after mähk:mähe, meaning cambium, and related to terms referring to sap or sapwood, or sap-/sapwood-based produce. Cambium itself is edible and birch sap, fresh from the tree or otherwise, is a popular drink in Estonia, as well as used for medical intent. Cambium can also be added into rye- and malt-bread from which a low-alcohol kvass-type beer can be made. First recorded 1625, and noted on Swedish surveyor Johann Holmberg’s Tallinn map of 1689 as Meheperre, the latter part of the compound an earlier spelling of pere, family, household, farm, the former spelled indifferently as Mähha, Mähhe, Mehe and even Mogle. Also means diaper (US) or nappy (UK) which one suggests might not be a helpful translation in this particular instance. See Mähe asum.
