Karksi
Runosong collection place · Estonian tradition (ERAB corpus)
| Tradition | Estonian (ERAB corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 2,445 |
| Verses | 67,412 |
| Distinct words | 34,468 |
| Collection years | 1868–1939 |
| Collectors | Jaak, Kivisäk, Kase (Kaur) |
| Coordinates | 58.0220, 25.6086 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| näiu | 380 |
| ken | 164 |
| kosti | 270 |
| esä | 230 |
| kuuli | 325 |
| lätsi | 237 |
| ennekeine | 74 |
| valadi | 76 |
| üits | 147 |
| mõtsa | 197 |
| läits | 159 |
| ek | 71 |
| emä | 223 |
| katsi | 169 |
| võts | 87 |
| mistes | 60 |
| sõsare | 132 |
| usse | 156 |
| latse | 150 |
| linnukeine | 64 |
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.
- suvilinnul suure laulu (AES, MT 183, 1) — parallel in Halliste
- velle niidu veere pääle (AES, MT 183, 13) — parallel in Halliste
- emäkene ennekene (AES, MT 183, 14/5) — parallel in Paistu
- anti alvale rahale (AES, MT 183, 14/5) — parallel in Paistu
- tüdärlaits sa linnukene (H II 42, 675/8 (40)) — parallel in Helme
- tädipoja tävve mehe (H II 5, 309 (85)) — parallel in Helme
- äiu äiu kussu kussu (AES, MT 183, 1) — parallel in Tarvastu
- mis sul viga mulle tulla (AES, MT 183, 14/5) — parallel in Tarvastu
- külänäiu noorekõise (AES, MT 200, 59/61) — parallel in Setumaa
- mul om kodun kolmi aita (AES, MT 183, 14/5) — parallel in Setumaa