Ilomantsi
Runosong collection place · Finnish tradition (SKVR corpus)
| Tradition | Finnish (SKVR corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 2,267 |
| Verses | 46,832 |
| Distinct words | 35,623 |
| Collection years | 1816–1966 |
| Collectors | Europaeus, D. E. D., Ahlqvist |
| Coordinates | 62.8052, 31.2814 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| etc | 108 |
| virkki | 55 |
| väinämöinen | 101 |
| emoni | 77 |
| tulevi | 79 |
| hiien | 89 |
| väinämöisen | 70 |
| mie | 104 |
| pursi | 37 |
| jott | 56 |
| veno | 39 |
| neiti | 73 |
| tuosta | 106 |
| tieä | 38 |
| sanoa | 56 |
| jopa | 74 |
| läksi | 95 |
| elä | 113 |
| pohjolan | 49 |
| veikon | 48 |
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.
- saatu saksan kaupungista (JR 00410) — parallel in Vuokkiniemi
- tulla tuomarin tupahan (JR 00414) — parallel in Vuokkiniemi
- peräpaksu paiskattihin (JR 00419) — parallel in Suistamo
- ostin oulusta orihin (JR 00419) — parallel in Suistamo
- mehiläinen mettä kanto (JR 00418) — parallel in Narvusi
- itse istusi tuvassa (JR 00421) — parallel in Narvusi
- varvalle varattomalle (SKVR VII2 1768.) — parallel in Suojärvi
- yli meren yheksän (JR 44208) — parallel in Suojärvi
- karvanen kanan munaksi (JR 00418) — parallel in Uhtua
- katehen kovan etehen (SKVR VII5 loitsut 3904.) — parallel in Uhtua