Names
Sõõru (Sõõrd)
Synonym, or near as dammit, of ale (see Alemaa), assart (i.e. land cleared and burned for cultivation) or, in some dialects, a small fenced meadow, often a clearing, prior to assarting. Part of a land-clearing group of streets, which pretty clearly excludes its other meaning of flow of milk from a teat. See also Tulimulla.
Soosambla (Soosammal)
Angled paludella moss or tufted fen-moss, Paludella squarrosa. See also Soovildiku. Actually a couple of microns on the wrong side of the track, in Laagri, not Tallinn but, hell, I like moss.
Sooviku (Soovik)
Swampy meadow, extremely wet land.
Soovildiku (Soovildik)
Ribbed bog moss, Aulacomnium palustre, aka tufted or glow moss. See also Turbasambla.
Sopi (Sopp)
The end of a body of water, creek… A rather tricky word: meresopp is an arm of the sea, while tänavasopp is the end of a street and mälusopp a corner of the memory, while sopp alone can either mean a nook or cranny, a pouch or the bottom or deep recess of a sack, or, perhaps more usually, a long fishing-net with a rectangular opening. The street-name was planned for use between the new 2014 streets of Soodi and Lammi, but was thought too similar to the former, running the risk of mistakes and therefore dropped (but see Pagi).
