Valga
Runosong collection place · Estonian tradition (ERAB corpus)
| Tradition | Estonian (ERAB corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 150 |
| Verses | 2,945 |
| Distinct words | 4,240 |
| Collection years | 1887–1935 |
| Collectors | Undritz, Johannes, Kornel |
| Coordinates | 57.7780, 26.0500 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| rija | 4 |
| mõtsa | 13 |
| lätsi | 12 |
| tahtse | 6 |
| üts | 10 |
| väreja | 3 |
| sõiti | 5 |
| kanike | 6 |
| mi | 11 |
| siss | 7 |
| läts | 9 |
| koldehelle | 2 |
| riidege | 2 |
| lija | 2 |
| sija | 2 |
| esa | 10 |
| ossa | 7 |
| õppe | 3 |
| liina | 8 |
| hanna | 5 |
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.
- läbi sõge sõnajala (H, Mapp 714/5 (3)) — parallel in Helme
- istu maha tooli pääle (H, Mapp 700/1 (10)) — parallel in Helme
- kuiva kuuse ossa pääl (H II 68, 641/2 (4)) — parallel in Sangaste
- kos lätt siimani seele (H II 68, 647 (3)) — parallel in Sangaste
- kos tuu laut jäie (H II 68, 641/2 (4)) — parallel in Setumaa
- kos tuu kuus jäie (H II 68, 641/2 (4)) — parallel in Setumaa
- kägu ei kukku kivile (H, Mapp 721 (16)) — parallel in Karksi
- laulamaije laskemaije (H, Mapp 717 (1)) — parallel in Karksi
- siin ma istu siin ma ike (H, Mapp 713/4) — parallel in Paistu
- keelekene meelekene (H, Mapp 721 (15)) — parallel in Paistu