Lumivaara
Runosong collection place · Finnish tradition (JR corpus)
| Tradition | Finnish (JR corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 377 |
| Verses | 1,868 |
| Distinct words | 2,302 |
| Collection years | 1850–1967 |
| Collectors | Sääski, Sylvi, Okkola |
| Coordinates | 61.4479, 30.0754 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| varpoi | 30 |
| virpoi | 30 |
| viisaast | 13 |
| tuomist | 12 |
| siul | 24 |
| allinlasta | 14 |
| kukkiva | 11 |
| tuoreeks | 22 |
| riukusilla | 7 |
| elämänonnea | 6 |
| taputtelen | 13 |
| taitavast | 10 |
| miul | 19 |
| panettelloo | 11 |
| vitsat | 17 |
| lipo | 15 |
| virvon | 17 |
| kynttel | 14 |
| mie | 32 |
| vitsa | 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.
- nuku nurmelle hyvälle (JR 33533) — parallel in Kivennapa
- viere veikko viipurista (JR 78078) — parallel in Kivennapa
- joko on tehty talven töitä (SKVR XIII2 4963.) — parallel in Jaakkima
- sukat kengät kainalossa (JR 78165) — parallel in Jaakkima
- mantsikka mäellä huuti (JR 33528) — parallel in Narvusi
- lehmältäis voilusikka (JR 78300) — parallel in Narvusi
- kynttel kyssyy (JR 29930) — parallel in Rautu
- nyt mie lähen pois (JR 33531) — parallel in Rautu
- puaval panettelluo (JR 29930) — parallel in Sakkola
- koppana viinaa kolmanneks (JR 78265) — parallel in Sakkola