Jõhvi
Runosong collection place · Estonian tradition (ERAB corpus)
| Tradition | Estonian (ERAB corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 1,947 |
| Verses | 34,426 |
| Distinct words | 25,110 |
| Collection years | 1885–1941 |
| Collectors | Mihkel, August, Kallas |
| Coordinates | 59.3272, 27.4027 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| õli | 88 |
| õlin | 33 |
| nied | 75 |
| õlema | 26 |
| müeda | 25 |
| linapihta | 19 |
| õle | 84 |
| menna | 37 |
| õlid | 29 |
| jua | 29 |
| tõissa | 17 |
| en | 31 |
| mereje | 32 |
| piale | 65 |
| vein | 27 |
| laake | 15 |
| mieste | 31 |
| kaula | 25 |
| kõhe | 18 |
| õtsa | 20 |
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.
- kas läeb isa vai läeb poeg (ERA II 125, 42/4 (3)) — parallel in Haljala
- parsilta pajatusvaipu (H II 1, 411 (572)) — parallel in Haljala
- ei ole kirve raiumine (H II 37, 431/2 (11)) — parallel in Kuusalu
- kui sie kiik ei kanna meida (EÜS VI 927 (33)) — parallel in Kuusalu
- ei saand neida andeeida (EÜS VI 958 (86)) — parallel in Kadrina
- ei ole neida neidu teinud (H II 1, 417/8 (579)) — parallel in Kadrina
- perenaine naisuke (E 61191/2 (2)) — parallel in Ambla
- küllap kaske saadab karjad (E 8738/41 (27)) — parallel in Ambla
- pohlakas põletamaie (E 40198/205) — parallel in Lüganuse
- mardi varbaad valutavad (EÜS VI 1081/2 (251)) — parallel in Lüganuse