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Torma

Runosong collection place · ERAB corpus, Estonian Folklore Archives

CorpusERAB, Estonian Folklore Archives
Poems1,302
Verses17,136
Distinct words14,536
Collection years1886–1943
CollectorsEduard Johannes Õunapuu · Priidu (Friedrich) Tammepuu (Eichenbaum) · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov
Coordinates58.8722, 26.8150

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Distinctive vocabulary

Words unusually characteristic of poems collected here, compared with poems collected at other places — not the most common words.

WordPoems
kilet39
kausiga38
peoleo41
kapsaaia38
tiit46
oaaia31
päts41
kompa30
vurr34
kampa24
vaa34
lass33
vinta20
vänta19
lepatriinu24
midli19
kurr13
kustpoolt8
kadli16
korralt12

Villages, communes and other places the songs were collected in

Of the 1,302 poems collected in this place, 926 name a smaller place on their archive record; the remaining 376 records give no finer place, or one of a kind this list does not cover. The counts reflect how often collectors wrote an address down, not how much was sung. Names are shown as written on the records, so they span different eras’ commune divisions; a place may be where the song was written down or where the singer came from, and a name marked (?) was uncertain in the record itself. The abbreviations after the names are the archive’s own unit words: v. = vald (commune); t. = talu (farm); m. = mõis (manor); as. = asundus (settlement); al. = alevik (small borough); l. = linn (town). All these names, across every collection place, can be searched in the Place Name Index. Commune borders and parish borders did not coincide, so some of these places were also written down under a neighbouring collection place; those entries link to the other list.

Avinurme v. (307)
Laekannu (45)
Piilsi (30)
Rajametsa (29)
Saaremetsa (21)
Lepiksaare (17)
Kirbu (11)
Adraku (10)
Maetsmaa (10)
Tõnisma (9)
Tõnnisma (8)
Alekese (7)
Mõisa (7)
Teatussaare (7)
Tõnusaare (6)
Ulvi (6)
Västriku (6)
Rehesaare (3)
Tõnussaare (3)
Kõrve (2)
Sälliksaare (2)
Jõemetsa (1)
Kõveriku (1)
Küssa (1)
Paadenurme (1)
Ulbi (1)
Mõisaküla (1)
references naming only the commune
Torma v. (203)
Lullikatku (24)
Võtikvere (21)
Tõnumetsa (19)
Lilastvere (16)
Võidivere (10)
Sääse (9)
Näduvere (7)
Torma (6)
Iravere (4)
Also recorded at Laiuse (14).
Väägu (3)
Koimula (1)
Luige (1)
Liigatkuküla (4)
Särtsuvere algk (2)
Torma m. (12)
references naming only the commune
Lohusuu v. (89)
Kalma (33)
Tammispää (10)
Lohusuu (4)
Määra (1)
Vilusi (1)
references naming only the commune
Kõnnu v. (61)
Laius-Tähkvere v. (49)
Also recorded at Laiuse (552).
Tõreda (13)
Also recorded at Laiuse (1).
Ookatku (7)
Also recorded at Laiuse (14).
Tislari (3)
Also recorded at Laiuse (12).
Tõuda (3)
Kaasiku (2)
Kilbavere (1)
Metsaküla (3)
references naming only the commune
Sadala v. (40)
Also recorded at Laiuse (138).
Sadala (36)
Also recorded at Laiuse (181).
Veneküla (4)
Kasepää v. (30)
Kasepää (30)
Mustvee v. (29)
Mustvee al. (6)
references naming only the commune
Tõikvere v. (27)
Mälaja (8)
Konna (4)
references naming only the commune
Roela v. (23)
Also recorded at Palamuse (20).
Tuulavere (11)
Sirguvere (4)
Vassevere (2)
references naming only the commune
Tarakvere v. (22)
Võtikvere v. (15)
Kõnnu as. (1)
references naming only the commune
Tähkvere v. (9)
Also recorded at Laiuse (49).
Lohusuu-Ranna v. (4)
Venevere v. (3)
Avinume v. (1)
Avinumme v. (1)
Avinurne v. (1)
Tuulavere v. (1)
Villages with no commune on the record (5 villages, 23 records)
Raadna (6)
Tammispa (5)
Ülisoo (5)
Rassiku (4)
Vaiatu (3)
Litsemaa (5)
Kaunjärve (3)
Laiuse (1)
Laius-Tähkvere as. (3)
Also recorded at Laiuse (3).
Mustvee l. (35)
Lillevälja t. (2)
Veski t. (1)
Poems with no finer place recorded (376)

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.