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Viki (Vikk)
1) Common vetch; 2) limestone paste; 3) bung, spigot; 4) All that for nothing, ‘street’ no longer exists... Anagram of Kivi. Nevertheless, the English term ‘vetch’ cannot but instantly remind one of the genial Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811), scientist, geographer, and explorer, one of the precursor thinkers of Darwin’s theory of evolution and discoverer of numerous plant and animal (the cat, obviously) species, not to mention Ammodytes hexapterus, the sand eel, väike tobias (‘little Toby’, but see Nigli), which he mistook for a mollusk (we may forgive him) and, I’m getting there, the vetch Astragalus alopecurus. Odd, this is not a street. For some, perhaps an abbreviation for the so-called Vikimõisa ‘Ward’, for others, an underhand addition to a paper map designed to trap plagiarists.
NB: If anyone can help me get my greasy hands on Pallas’ multilingual dictionary I would be exceedingly grateful to the extent of rewarding said person with cash and/or a pint, whichever you can afford to buy me ;o)
Väike-Pääsukese (Väike-Pääsuke[ne])
Lesser swallow street. Another odd one. Like its bigger brother Pääsukese, the name is barely used, and the solitary street sign of its unpronounceable name is positioned in the most out-of-the-way place possible.
Vahuri (Vahur)
Father of Tambeti, hence the hero Jaanus’ grandfathe, in Bornhöhe E.’s novel Tasuja. One of the former names of Lehola. The street was originaly scheduled to be called Jüriöö, but a local entrepreneur (and locals do have a certain veto over local names) claimed that we poor foreigners would never be able to pronounce it, let alone type it into a satnav, and that would be be bad for business. An interesting point already raised in Pääsukese.
Triigi N.
(Nikolai Voldemar Triik, 1884-1940)
Talented painter, caricaturist, graphic designer and portraitist with an occasionally morbid bent. His 1929 self-portrait as disgruntled waiter serving up a pink inedible is probably symbolic. Born on Niguliste. Replaced Lauliku during the Soviet occupation of 1940-1941.
