Põltsamaa
Runosong collection place · Estonian tradition (ERAB corpus)
| Tradition | Estonian (ERAB corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 1,447 |
| Verses | 26,873 |
| Distinct words | 20,318 |
| Collection years | 1869–1939 |
| Collectors | Martin, Luu, Jaan |
| Coordinates | 58.6156, 26.0508 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| noorekesed | 37 |
| neitsikesed | 56 |
| luugiuksed | 7 |
| laalemaie | 23 |
| piale | 34 |
| koob | 19 |
| õpimassa | 8 |
| pööraje | 5 |
| hoielda | 11 |
| tallerpuida | 9 |
| osanud | 24 |
| kuasa | 12 |
| meste | 12 |
| neidised | 14 |
| tallun | 6 |
| tõisepidi | 5 |
| niidivööda | 8 |
| punapärgade | 7 |
| marjavars | 8 |
| kästa | 6 |
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.
- soome silda nõkateles (E 31806/7) — parallel in Kolga-Jaani
- nurme neidised vaatsid (H III 31, 83/5 (5)) — parallel in Kolga-Jaani
- küla mul ütles kuku kuku (H IV 3, 705 (4)) — parallel in Haljala
- laululehte laua pealta (H III 15, 111/2 (2)) — parallel in Haljala
- nelja neiu ehteeida (H I 2, 272 (7)) — parallel in Kuusalu
- kündsin sood kasvid sinikad (H, Ostrov 300/2 (53)) — parallel in Kuusalu
- mis sest sest laastust raiutakse (EKmS 8° 2, 620/2 (6)) — parallel in Pilistvere
- oh sina hullu noori meesi (EKmS 8° 2, 630/1 (11)) — parallel in Pilistvere
- isa härja ikkepuida (E 10694 (1)) — parallel in Viljandi
- joodikulle mehele (AES, MT 36, 3/5) — parallel in Viljandi