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Tuletorni (Tuletorn)
Lighthouse. Apparently a renaming of Päe põik, road leading up to Tallinna Ülemine Tuletorn (Tallinn upper lighthouse' located at ///campers.ramp.alarm, sometimes known as Katharinenthal Rear Light, but correctly as Tallinn leading-line rear lighthouse, visible at 12.6 nautical miles. Top one third an optimistically-named black and bottom two thirds white. For lighthouses, see also Valge.
Tungla (Tungal)
1) Firebrand (cf. Icelandic and Old Norse tungl, moon); 2) Smut, blight, rust (plant mold or fungus). But neither one nor the other. Originally Sõpruse (1952-58), street renamed some 30 years after the Taara and Vanemuise group surrounding it, and a search in Kalevipoeg reveals it to be a mythical kingdom whose son and heir comes to press his suit on Linda but, like his four predecessors, gets taken to the cleaners. Also a well-known song by Kuhlbarsi F. and Hermanni K.A., Kungla rahvas (people of Kungla). Derived from Swedish kungliga (royal, kingly) and thought to be calqued on Gotland.
Tupsi (Tups)
Small clump of bushes.Former farm name. Wiedemann gives both tupsu and tupsi. Word possibly resembling and/or copying and/or lending to tups:tupsu, something soft and round, like a tuft, or a flock, pill or bob on wool or other fabric, or decorative, like a tassel or pompom. Estonia imported the BBC2’s ghastly example of infantile dementia as Teletupsud. Also type of nicotine-free Swedish-style snuff.
