The semantic vocabulary of the Estonian Varandusemuistendid corpus: 36 categories of words (locations, body parts, building types, treasure-wealth terms, mythological beings…), 28 of them gathered into 5 thematic groups, plus 31 emotion domains shown as a sixth. 27,480 wordforms have been classified by an ensemble of 15 annotation methods — 6 semantic (GLiNER, WordNet, dictionaries, thesaurus, morphological, lemma propagation) and 9 emotion (GoEmotions, SetFit, NRC, Vainik lexicon, EKKD-RV, and more).
PMI (Pointwise Mutual Information) matrix showing how strongly category pairs co-occur across 93 treasure types. Blue = strong positive co-occurrence, red = negative (anti-correlated). Click a cell to compare categories.
The semantic universe of the Estonian Varandusemuistendid corpus: 36 vocabulary categories, 28 of them in 5 thematic groups, 31 emotion domains, and 27,480 annotated wordforms with method-by-method breakdown.
| Category | Wordforms |
|---|---|
| proper noun | 6,001 |
| location | 3,635 |
| natural element | 3,403 |
| body part | 3,101 |
| plant | 2,611 |
| building | 2,435 |
| treasure wealth | 2,332 |
| animal | 2,153 |
| landscape feature | 1,131 |
| person name | 1,089 |
| food | 1,012 |
| clothing | 956 |
| mythological being | 948 |
| ritual ceremony | 905 |
| kinship | 905 |
| occupation | 884 |
| quest action | 794 |
| food drink | 770 |
| weapon tool | 722 |
| music sound | 680 |
| body of water | 631 |
| tool | 545 |
| vehicle | 539 |
| weapon | 368 |
| celestial body | 366 |
| movement action | 248 |
| celestial | 247 |
| metal material | 224 |
| time period | 209 |
| color | 178 |
| temporal marker | 168 |
| labor activity | 147 |
| speech communication | 125 |
| number quantity | 104 |
| cognition perception | 92 |
| musical instrument | 88 |
| Category | Wordform | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| animal | pullil | at pulli |
| animal | karunaha | bearskin |
| animal | koer-kassina | like cat and dog |
| animal | hobusekarja | horse herd |
| plant | kuusetuka | kuusetukk |
| plant | huaras | in pine grove |
| plant | tammel | tammel |
| plant | kuusepõõsaste | spruce bushes |
| natural element | künkast | from knoll |
| natural element | kaljudesse | cliffs |
| natural element | ilumäe | beauty hill |
| natural element | mäkke | to hill |
| celestial | tulõlda | without fire |
| celestial | hallisi | gray ones |
| celestial | videviku | twilight |
| celestial | tääd | know |
| celestial body | tulõlda | without fire |
| celestial body | hallisi | gray ones |
| celestial body | videviku | twilight |
| celestial body | koidu | dawn's |
| body of water | koselt | from kose |
| body of water | not | distress |
| body of water | lätet | spring |
| body of water | nou | advice |
| kinship | minialle | to daughter-in-law |
| kinship | äila | äila |
| kinship | ellai | animals |
| kinship | issameiet | lord's prayer |
| person name | kangõhe | to loom |
| person name | poolo | half |
| person name | grosnoi | terrible |
| person name | herralt | from lord |
| proper noun | luissaarele | luissaar |
| proper noun | turbaneeme | turbaneeme |
| proper noun | audemääni | audemägi |
| proper noun | tamsalu | tamsalu |
| occupation | kangõhe | to loom |
| occupation | poolo | half |
| occupation | grosnoi | terrible |
| occupation | herralt | from lord |
| body part | käen | cuckoo's |
| body part | põlma | põlma |
| body part | küünealused | under the fingernails |
| body part | suud-silmad | mouth and eyes |
| clothing | rüppö | lap |
| clothing | polle | is not |
| clothing | amõtist | from profession |
| clothing | aamid | barrels |
| food | vöi | or |
| food | simma | there |
| food | leinud | mourned |
| food | sügab | scratches |
| food drink | fish | |
| food drink | õlule | to shoulder |
| food drink | mesipuid | lindens |
| food drink | õlgedesse | straw |
| weapon tool | pioga | with resin |
| weapon tool | tsirbi | cricket's |
| weapon tool | ahervared | ash heaps |
| weapon tool | habemenuga | razor |
| weapon | tapet | killed |
| weapon | surmast | from death |
| weapon | surmand | died |
| weapon | surma | death |
| tool | nukast | from sadness |
| tool | der | the |
| tool | koukis | dug out |
| tool | aader | aader |
| building | keris | sauna stove |
| building | saun | sauna |
| building | küüne | nail's |
| building | saunamies | sauna man |
| music sound | trombi | trombi |
| music sound | rummu | rummu |
| music sound | rummuga | with strength |
| music sound | toro | bull |
| musical instrument | lippanud | fled |
| musical instrument | pasunatega | with horns |
| musical instrument | rummu | rummu |
| musical instrument | mhele | to man |
| vehicle | kääpele | barrow |
| vehicle | kodutööstuskooli | craft school |
| vehicle | tornide | tower |
| vehicle | kõotohkõ | birch bark |
| location | tell | |
| location | ti | you |
| location | talo | house |
| location | täle | star |
| mythological being | vanatühi | old emptiness |
| mythological being | tänt | protected? |
| mythological being | rahavalvuriks | treasure guardian |
| mythological being | kurivaimu | evil spirit's |
| ritual ceremony | pühal | holy |
| ritual ceremony | tänt | protected? |
| ritual ceremony | jumalalt | from god |
| ritual ceremony | issämeie | lord's prayer |
| treasure wealth | rahatagavara | money reserve |
| treasure wealth | krätti | treasure sprite |
| treasure wealth | rahakapis | money cabinet |
| treasure wealth | rahaaugukiviks | treasure stone |
| Emotion domain | Wordforms |
|---|---|
| sadness | 755 |
| anger | 303 |
| fear | 303 |
| joy | 297 |
| trust | 137 |
| desire | 122 |
| love | 107 |
| supernatural | 101 |
| grief | 97 |
| danger | 95 |
| pain | 89 |
| courage | 70 |
| distress | 56 |
| anxiety | 50 |
| surprise | 47 |
| care | 33 |
| disgust | 30 |
| regret | 25 |
| guilt | 13 |
| shame | 9 |
| pride | 8 |
| general positive | 8 |
| hope | 7 |
| contempt | 7 |
| wonder | 6 |
| longing | 5 |
| confidence | 5 |
| helplessness | 5 |
| general negative | 2 |
| loneliness | 1 |
| bitterness | 1 |
This is a static summary — the full, searchable dataset is in the interactive explorer above.