Ambla
Runosong collection place · Estonian tradition (ERAB corpus)
| Tradition | Estonian (ERAB corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 2,566 |
| Verses | 44,729 |
| Distinct words | 29,026 |
| Collection years | 1833–1940 |
| Collectors | Rosenstrauch, Karl Voldemar, Jüri |
| Coordinates | 59.2250, 25.7736 |
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Distinctive vocabulary
Words unusually characteristic of poems collected here, compared with the whole corpus — not the most common words.
| Word | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| kojuje | 57 |
| kuasa | 29 |
| vuatamaie | 24 |
| piale | 68 |
| väila | 28 |
| kiigesepad | 37 |
| kaendelassa | 32 |
| pealla | 47 |
| tuadikene | 15 |
| suab | 26 |
| seessa | 43 |
| käässa | 22 |
| halatsedes | 6 |
| nuored | 16 |
| map | 36 |
| raugad | 17 |
| kuulin | 36 |
| peasukene | 15 |
| vedeje | 25 |
| kiuste | 31 |
Sample verses with parallels in other places
Verses recorded here whose close parallels appear in poems from other collection places — a trace of the shared oral tradition.
- kingad keskepõrmandulle (H II 10, 525/6 (299)) — parallel in Haljala
- ann ei ahjule lahuta (H II 14, 305/9 (8)) — parallel in Haljala
- rietallad tantsimaie (H II 14, 24/5 (28)) — parallel in Kuusalu
- sinu suusta kukub koola (E 7757/8 (4)) — parallel in Kuusalu
- mina vaene orjalapsi (EÜS VII 2461 (401)) — parallel in Kadrina
- peretütar neitsikene (E 9407 (81)) — parallel in Kadrina
- pooled härrad pohlamaale (E 10412 (4)) — parallel in Väike-Maarja
- saatsin saksad saaremaale (E 10412 (4)) — parallel in Väike-Maarja
- kadri küined külmetavad (H II 14, 476/7 (6)) — parallel in Koeru
- mis sa tõrgud meile tulles (TEM 13, 12/3 (8)) — parallel in Koeru