Viljandi
Runosong collection place · Estonian tradition (ERAB corpus)
| Tradition | Estonian (ERAB corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 2,096 |
| Verses | 43,266 |
| Distinct words | 30,822 |
| Collection years | 1869–1940 |
| Collectors | J., Peet, Hans |
| Coordinates | 58.3542, 25.6725 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| isä | 65 |
| metsä | 42 |
| armakene | 27 |
| vällä | 78 |
| ollid | 64 |
| päevä | 37 |
| emä | 65 |
| iks | 47 |
| möödä | 42 |
| ollin | 48 |
| külä | 56 |
| riiä | 20 |
| neiokene | 22 |
| mede | 48 |
| perra | 44 |
| einä | 17 |
| egaks | 11 |
| pannin | 38 |
| egä | 37 |
| päältä | 29 |
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.
- sa isätu ma emätu (H, Peet 118/20 (130)) — parallel in Kolga-Jaani
- kui saab kurja kus siis panna (H III 21, 40 (9)) — parallel in Kolga-Jaani
- kussa lustil luisatakse (H I 7, 301 (3)) — parallel in Paistu
- rõõmsa rahva ridadesse (H I 7, 301 (3)) — parallel in Paistu
- kus ma laulu laotasin (E 11946 (2)) — parallel in Halliste
- mina vaene orjalapsi (H III 21, 70 (2)) — parallel in Halliste
- vaat kus sõidab noorimeesi (E 1208) — parallel in Tarvastu
- ladvad laululindusida (E 11946 (2)) — parallel in Tarvastu
- kus su kullast pesäke (H, Peet 371/2 (374)) — parallel in Karksi
- veli elle vellekene (H, Peet 32/3 (30)) — parallel in Karksi