Kuusalu
Runosong collection place · Estonian tradition (ERAB corpus)
| Tradition | Estonian (ERAB corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 4,372 |
| Verses | 81,507 |
| Distinct words | 42,618 |
| Collection years | 1876–1940 |
| Collectors | Karl, Gustav, Vilberg (Vilbaste) |
| Coordinates | 59.4760, 25.5478 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| neitsikäne | 175 |
| siel | 198 |
| poisikane | 130 |
| kooje | 177 |
| peiukane | 104 |
| vennikäne | 99 |
| sielt | 94 |
| eidekäne | 83 |
| nuorukane | 70 |
| ode | 116 |
| nie | 199 |
| oue | 147 |
| uekane | 63 |
| päällä | 129 |
| toine | 121 |
| kuoje | 81 |
| mihed | 117 |
| koep | 47 |
| taadikane | 51 |
| sidä | 43 |
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.
- et mei otsaje ujumme (AES, MT 104, Part 12 (2)) — parallel in Haljala
- joulun laulan laua otsas (AES, MT 104, Part 13 (1)) — parallel in Haljala
- vanemita vaenelapsi (AES, MT 141, 10/1) — parallel in Kadrina
- minu suusta kukkub kulda (AES, MT 141, 15) — parallel in Kadrina
- rietallad tantsimaie (AES, MT 141, 13/14) — parallel in Ambla
- sinu suusta kukkub koola (AES, MT 141, 15) — parallel in Ambla
- ei ole kirve raiumine (AES, MT 141, 12/13) — parallel in Jõhvi
- kui sie kiik ei kanna meida (AES, MT 141, 12/13) — parallel in Jõhvi
- jäägu riiga rikkumata (AES, MT 141, 21) — parallel in Kolga-Jaani
- lähme riiga rikkumaie (AES, MT 141, 21) — parallel in Kolga-Jaani