Names
Kadriorg (0) 
Catherine’s valley. Being both the name of a Sub-district and a valley, sensu estoniano, this is in the nominative, but often referred to or conflated with Kadrioru. Although it’s possible that Estonians perceive it as a compound word (which it is) that already includes the relevant genitive in Kadri. Named after the lady who (all rumors) began life as Martha Skavronskaya, 1683/84(?)-1727, daughter of a Lithuanian peasant, adopted by Glück, founder of ‘peasant schools’ (see Nunnadetagune torn) and Lutheran pastor who translated the Bible into Latvian, was pressed into becoming laundress to the Russian army, became mistress first to Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov then to Peter the Great whom she later married, becoming Catherine I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (grandmother-in-law of Catherine the Great). Formerly known as Kuningamõisa or kunninga mois (king’s manor); Katharinental, Katarinental, Katharinenthal, Cathriindal and Екатериненталь (various German and Russian permutations of Catherine’s valley/dale); and микрорайон Кадриорг (Kadriorg microdistrict).
Kaeravälja (Kaeraväli)
Oatfield, field of oats. See Välja.
Kaevu (Kaev)
Well – Vanasse kaevu ei või sülitada enne kui veel uut valmis ei ole: don’t spit in your old well until your new one’s dug. Comes in 3 varieties: võllkaev (windlass well), vinnkaev (draw well) and pumpkaev (pump well).
Kaevuri (Kaevur)
Miner, digger. One of a mini trade-name area, see also Sepa. Despite its superficial and/or coincidental resemblance to ‘cave’ and ‘excavate’, the word is related to other close-neighbor FU terms such as Livonian kouvõ, Finnish and Votic kaivaa for to dig or dig up, and more distantly from eastern FU languages for spade: Erzya, kojme; Moksha, kajmä; Nganasan, kaibu, etc. Even so, the two PIE roots – *keue-, swelling, arch, cavity, and *keup-, a hollow (see Palli) – are not a million miles away, and digging is obviousy a very early and widespread human activity. Interestingly, ‘alcove’ (see Teeääre) comes via Spanish alcoba itself from Arabic, either al-qubba meaning a dome, cupula or small bedroom, or al-kauf, a nook for sleeping, in Hebrew kubbah, קבה, a round, vaulted tent, with neighboring words such as kabar, קבר, for to bury or pile earth on top of a dead body, and kubbaath, קבעת, for a chalice of flowers or a cup used for drinking, all of which suggesting a curved shape. Interestingly, the road is still cobbled and looks like it’s been that way for hundreds of years.
