Keminmaa
Runosong collection place · Finnish tradition (JR corpus)
| Tradition | Finnish (JR corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 349 |
| Verses | 1,778 |
| Distinct words | 1,996 |
| Collection years | 1937–1968 |
| Collectors | Railonsala, Artturi, Jänkälä |
| Coordinates | 67.7661, 26.4645 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| pelistä | 21 |
| putos | 22 |
| auto | 9 |
| piippu | 18 |
| paketti | 4 |
| mittari | 6 |
| teelikka | 14 |
| tietenkin | 6 |
| istui | 34 |
| mentten | 17 |
| huulilla | 13 |
| sängynpäässä | 4 |
| mulliturpa | 6 |
| uunilla | 13 |
| entten | 18 |
| pallo | 7 |
| tulitikku | 7 |
| tentten | 18 |
| ämmiltä | 12 |
| kummemmaks | 5 |
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.
- ai jai jai kun akkani kuoli (JR 65388) — parallel in Alatornio
- yhdeksäs ylikylästä (JR 65426) — parallel in Alatornio
- karahkasta kalaonni (JR 65345) — parallel in Ranua
- risukarhista karahka (JR 65345) — parallel in Ranua
- omenan pomenan (JR 65384) — parallel in Kemi
- piirun paarun poks (JR 65384) — parallel in Kemi
- yksi kaksi (JR 65448) — parallel in Karunki
- isä sanoi (JR 65428) — parallel in Karunki
- äiti sanoi (JR 65428) — parallel in Simo
- näytä sarves (JR 65359) — parallel in Simo