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Sarve (Sarv)
1) Horn, antler. A rhinoceros is ninasarvik, i.e. a ‘nose-behorned’, and to sow your wild oats is oma sarvi maha jooksma, lit. (more or less) to plow with your own horn. 2) French or English horn (in fact neither a horn but a member of the oboe family, nor English but originally from Silesia; since a flared version of the instrument was commonly used in paintings of angels, the Germans called it engellisches Horn and confusion was inevitable). Being next to Hirve and Põdra implies the more obvious reference to these. Anagram of Serva.
Käbi (Käbi)
Cone (pine or otherwise, street parallel to Orava). (Also strobila, larval stage of jellyfish or segment of a tapeworm). Käbi ei kuku kännust kaugele, literally, the cone doesn’t fall far from the stump, usually rendered: a chip off the old block, but with, in earlier days perhaps, a slightly negative tone, since Kännu also means old fogey. On the other hand, since this is actually 3.5 km away, perhaps we ought give less credence to proverbs... Note too the abundance of k’s, a letter occupying a special place in Estonian hearts. At least 15% of Estonian words start with K.
Photo courtesy of unnamed Bluesky donor.
