Otepää
Runosong collection place · Estonian tradition (ERAB corpus)
| Tradition | Estonian (ERAB corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 962 |
| Verses | 14,460 |
| Distinct words | 14,902 |
| Collection years | 1856–1940 |
| Collectors | Jaan, Tammemägi, Vaher |
| Coordinates | 58.0320, 26.4700 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| lätsi | 76 |
| oll | 56 |
| minnu | 40 |
| läits | 46 |
| esä | 49 |
| kon | 36 |
| mõtsa | 52 |
| latse | 44 |
| omma | 44 |
| näiu | 40 |
| kae | 45 |
| üits | 30 |
| tõse | 25 |
| konas | 17 |
| tsiga | 22 |
| aie | 30 |
| vällä | 45 |
| liina | 32 |
| minnä | 32 |
| jäie | 30 |
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.
- lätsi mõtsa kõndimaie (AES, MT 118, 6) — parallel in Setumaa
- võtsõ püssä püti päältä (AES, MT 118, 6) — parallel in Setumaa
- olli kui osi murule (H III 9, 836/8 (15)) — parallel in Sangaste
- iki iki ma vaene (H III 9, 836/8 (15)) — parallel in Sangaste
- tare taga tamme otsan (ERA II 32, 483/5 (11)) — parallel in Paistu
- sada sarda sai liha (AES, MT 118, 6) — parallel in Paistu
- vanamiis kuuli ärä (H III 28, 643/5 (18)) — parallel in Helme
- kos vanamiis jäi (H III 21, 570/1 (5)) — parallel in Helme
- pää sai riia päälikulõ (AES, MT 118, 6) — parallel in Halliste
- kos härg jäi (E 18403 (13)) — parallel in Urvaste