Sõimamine
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Insults (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud ühiskondlikest vahekordadest (songs about social relations) › Küla |
|---|---|
| Poems | 104 |
| Verses | 1,194 |
| Collection places | 59 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Gustav Seen · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Anna Johanson · Tamberg, H. · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Karl Ruut · Jaan Tammemägi |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Mitmesuguseid sõimamise motiive. Vajab täpsemat jagamist
Where it was collected
Collection places of the poems, with the number of poems of this type from each. A place may be where the song was written down or where the singer came from.
- Urvaste (8)
- Karksi (7)
- Halliste (6)
- Haljala (5)
- Helme (5)
- Kadrina (3)
- Otepää (3)
- Paistu (3)
- Peetri (3)
- Simuna (3)
- Tõstamaa (3)
- Harju-Jaani (2)
- Jõelähtme (2)
- Jõhvi (2)
- Karja (2)
- Koeru (2)
- Märjamaa (2)
- Põltsamaa (2)
- Risti (2)
- Sangaste (2)
- Tarvastu (2)
- Vaivara (2)
- Viljandi (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Ambla (1)
- Audru (1)
- Hargla (1)
- Harju-Madise (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Kaarma (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Kolga-Jaani (1)
- Kose (1)
- Kuusalu (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Muhu (1)
- Mustjala (1)
- Narva l. (1)
- Paide (1)
- Palamuse (1)
- Pärnu (1)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (1)
- Pöide (1)
- Räpina (1)
- Rõuge (1)
- Suure-Jaani (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Tartu (1)
- Torma (1)
- Türi (1)
- Varbla (1)
- Vigala (1)
- Viljandi l. (1)
- Viru-Jaagupi (1)
- Viru-Nigula (1)
- Vändra (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 7 |
| 1880s | 20 |
| 1890s | 35 |
| 1900s | 5 |
| 1910s | 8 |
| 1920s | 13 |
| 1930s | 7 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 7 |
Example poems
The opening verse of one poem from each of the ten places with the most poems of this type: the first such poem in the archive’s order. Each links to the whole poem. A poem can be filed under several types, so its opening verse may belong to another song.
- Kis sinnu kurat siiä kut´s, ERA II 115, 186 (2) — Urvaste
- Oota oota uisa nukki E 45936 (20) — Karksi
- Me ei silu siturida, EÜS XII 1255 (30) — Halliste
- "Sina sihelik, sina sahelik, E 57650 — Haljala
- Et ta suitsenu sugare; H II 25, 137 (14e) — Helme
- Sina see, sina teine, EÜS X 2672 (225) — Kadrina
- Kõgõs minnu sõimati H I 3, 565 (17) — Otepää
- Toh-oh Tuhane rahvas E 8311/2 (7) — Paistu
- Jüri suusta kukub sitta, E, StK 40, 20 (40) — Peetri
- Mis sa tahad, tangu magu EÜS V 743 (33) — Simuna
Other types the same poems are filed under
The archive can file one poem under several types. These are the types most often given to poems of this type, with the number of poems they share.
| Type | Poems in common |
|---|---|
| Sõimulaul | 43 |
| Sõim | 41 |
| Sõimajale | 8 |
| Halb laulik | 3 |
| Sõimusõnad | 2 |
Content-based similar types
Several methods each rank the song types whose poems resemble this type's poems; the combined ranking merges their lists. The first 20 are listed here.
- Mardi sõim (Martinmas scolding)
- Uurijale (To the prying onlooker)
- Sõimaja sõim (The scolder's scolding)
- Lauliku sõim (Insulting a singer)
- Pilkajale (To the scoffer)
- Ära haugu! (Stop barking!)
- Laitja sõim (Blamer's scolding)
- Halb laulik (Bad singer)
- Halb laulja (Poor Singer)
- Laimajale (To the slanderer)
- Nina laul (Nose song)
- Koerale (To the dog)
- Koertele (To the Dogs)
- Laisk naine naerab (Lazy Woman Laughs)
- Laulikute sõimlemine (Singers' quarrel)
- Laisk naine laidab (The lazy woman scolds)
- Salanuuskijale (To the eavesdropper)
- Laitjale (To the Blamer)
- Laimaja (The Slanderer)
- Laitja pilge (Blamer's mockery)
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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the type index of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database; the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.