Pajala
Runosong collection place · Finnish tradition (JR corpus)
| Tradition | Finnish (JR corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 96 |
| Verses | 346 |
| Distinct words | 717 |
| Collection years | 1892–1946 |
| Collectors | Paulaharju, Samuli, Jenny |
| Coordinates | 67.5690, 23.2192 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| siunakhon | 7 |
| helpheetkin | 2 |
| santyrjälle | 2 |
| pantthiin | 2 |
| syvytteen | 2 |
| lampalan | 2 |
| vannos | 2 |
| pyssyyni | 2 |
| haaskaat | 2 |
| pohkea | 2 |
| ilmhaa | 2 |
| kirkonkynnyksen | 2 |
| nouat | 2 |
| paskannat | 2 |
| kilikilikelloja | 2 |
| viisen | 2 |
| pääkallo | 2 |
| lähtenä | 2 |
| tyysiki | 2 |
| kuohut | 2 |
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.
- vittanvarpu virvottaa (JR 52243) — parallel in Kittilä
- synny synny para (JR 52065) — parallel in Kittilä
- kivele kipu (SKVR XII2 6354.) — parallel in Narvusi
- siotteli sinisellaŋkan (SKVR XII2 5955.) — parallel in Narvusi
- synny para synny para (JR 52170) — parallel in Alatornio
- kynttilästä mattiin (JR 52158) — parallel in Alatornio
- mene yheksän sylän syvytteen (JR 37828) — parallel in Suistamo
- mene yheksän syllän syvytteen (SKVR XII2 8684.) — parallel in Suistamo
- iesus siunakkohon (JR 52259) — parallel in Muonio
- nuku nuku nurmilintu (JR 52243) — parallel in Muonio