Names
Udeselja (Udeselg)
Lit. downy-back, moths of the lutestring (nothing to do with lutes, but from lustrine, an old term for silk derived from Italian lustrino, a Genoa-made silk fabric, itself from Latin lustrare, to brighten or illumine) and related families:
- Ahhaat-udeselg, buff arches (lit. agate lutestring), Habrosyne pyritoides
- Hall-udeselg, poplar lutestring (lit. grey), Tethea or
- Kevad-udeselg, yellow horned (lit. spring [season]), Achlya flavicornis
- Silmik-udeselg, figure of eighty (lit. ‘eyed’, the 80 being the white markings on its forewings), T. ocularis
- Vaarika-udeselg, peach blossom (of course, see Vaarika…), Thyatira batis
All of which known to the local police. Part of a lepidopteran group. See also Uneliblika.
Ugala (Ugala)
One-time province of south-eastern Estonia, otherwise known as Ugandi, Ugania, Ungannia or, most accurately, Ugaunia, encompassing the present-day counties of Põlva, Tartu, Valga and Võru. The Latvian for Estonia is Igaunija. Soviet occupation renaming (1960-1990): Leberechti H. Also western half of the arc that was once the semi-circular Kaare.
Uime (Uim)
Fin. Not the sort across the bay, but the bits that stick out of fishes. Part of a fish group, clearly running out of names, see also Viidika.
Ujuki (Ujuk)
Float, floater, bob (fishing or otherwise). Part of a fishing-tackle group, see also Unna.
Ujula (Ujula)
Public swimming pool or baths, after the one at the end of the street. Soviet occupation renaming (1958-1987) of Aia.
Uku (Uku)
Character of mythology or folklore: harvest / house fairy to some, or weather and lightning sprite, upgraded(?) by Kreutzwaldi F.R. to sky or thunder god, or alternative perception of the supreme god Taara, possibly related to Thor. Tallinn’s only ‘true’ (i.e. both nominative and genitive) palindromic street name (cf. Aia, WW doesn’t really count). Part of a small Estonian mythology street-name group. See Vanemuise.
