Names
Roheline tänav (0)
Green street. ‘Green’ comes in three species, along with Roheline aas, and Roheline turg This one, a quiet street in the quiet suburb of Nõmme. But see also Valge.
Roheline turg (0)
Green market. ‘Green’ comes in three species, this one, plus Roheline aas and Roheline tänav. Translated into Russian verbatim as Зелёный рынок (Zelonyy rynok). Despite its designation, this one, named in 1989, has space for 2 stalls, 1 tax inspector and half a low-cal cauliflower.
Rohu (Roht)
Grass, grassy, graminaceous, herbal (sometimes associated with medical usage). Part of a fodder and staples street-name group. See Roo.
Rohula (Rohula)
Lit. place of grass or herbal remedies, place where grass, etc., is. Russified as Рохульская (Rohulska). Known as Aia tänav, Садовая (Sadovaya), and variants until 1925.
Rohumaa (Rohumaa)
Grassland. Next to Heinamaa.
Rõika (Rõigas)
Radish, horseradish, black radish. Four main types: põldrõigas (wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum); aedrõigas (lit. garden radish, but just plain ‘radish’, R. sativus, the red one, aka redis (see further); aed-mädarõigas enticingly translated as ‘garden rot/pus radish’, aka piprajuur or ‘pepper-root’ (Armoracia rustiana); and sinerõigas (lit. blue radish), best known for its martial mascara Isatis tinctoria, or woad. From MLG redich or redik, radish, perhaps through the earlier loan redikas, then upping its estonianization as in the dialectal reigas, dropping the ‘d’ sitting uncomfortably on the Estonian tongue and adding the common-enough -as ending. Next door to Mustjuure.
