Kurkijoki
Runosong collection place · Finnish tradition (SKVR corpus)
| Tradition | Finnish (SKVR corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 982 |
| Verses | 9,781 |
| Distinct words | 11,855 |
| Collection years | 1837–1967 |
| Collectors | Haltsonen, Sulo, Katri |
| Coordinates | 61.3809, 29.8969 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| mie | 184 |
| sie | 129 |
| kui | 46 |
| miun | 52 |
| kottii | 32 |
| sulhokainen | 13 |
| uo | 17 |
| ois | 48 |
| kanasellein | 9 |
| ku | 61 |
| ihhuu | 9 |
| mielellinen | 13 |
| vaatinut | 9 |
| peäältä | 8 |
| anopin | 18 |
| sekä | 44 |
| lintusein | 13 |
| tulluo | 9 |
| soppiloissa | 7 |
| virvon | 18 |
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.
- nyt oon leski nyt on lento (SKVR XIII1 612.) — parallel in Lempaala
- katrina kotikananen (JR 00755) — parallel in Lempaala
- ei tuo luona ollutkaa (SKVR XIII3 7242.) — parallel in Narvusi
- luulin luona olleheen (SKVR XIII3 7239.) — parallel in Narvusi
- lässä lämmitellehein (SKVR XIII3 7245.) — parallel in Vuole
- luulin luona ollehein (SKVR XIII2 3114.) — parallel in Vuole
- herkii hyvä jumala (JR 01276) — parallel in Sakkola
- satamasta tuulemasta (JR 01276) — parallel in Sakkola
- tuuti lasta tuomariksi (SKVR XIII2 5590.) — parallel in Suistamo
- unen poika porstuassa (SKVR XIII2 5881.) — parallel in Suistamo