Kailu (Kail)

Ledum, march tea. Member of the Ericaceae or heath / heather family, formerly belonging to the Ledum genus, but now considered a Rhododendron. Generally used for ‘tea’, but see Sookailu. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see Kastevarre.

Kaisla (Kaisel)

Club-rush or bulrush, Schoenoplectus probably lacustris, a type of sedge. Anagram of Klaasi. Small aquatic-plant group in the Kakumäe peninsula. See Lemle.

Kaitse (Kaitse)

Protection, defense. Kaitse is also the genitive of kaits which is a weir trap for catching fish but since the street was created in 1927 along with Värava the first translation is probably the one it’s referring to.

Kaja (Kaja)

Echo.

Kajaka (Kajakas)

Tallinn: cold, wet and fishy coastal harbor town... that means seagulls, kittiwakes, gulls and mews. As they say in Pöide: Narri küll meest, ära narri mehe kübärät, Laugh at the man, not at his hat... Breeding in Estonia are, and since there’s a whole beachful, a list is best:

• Harksaba-kajakas, Sabine’s gull, Larus sabini
• Hõbekajakas, herring gull, L. argentatus
• Jääkajakas, glaucous gull, L. hyperboreus
• Kalakajakas, common gull or sea mew, L. canus, see Lõuka
• Kaljukajakas, black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla
• Karbuskajakas aka Mustpea-kajakas, Mediterranean gull, L. melanocephalus
• Koldjalg-hõbekajakas, Caspian gull, L. cachinnans
• Lõuna-hõbekajakas, yellow-legged gull, L. michahellis (not a spelling mistake for michaelis, but named after the short-lived (died of dysentery) Bavarian zoologist Karl Michahelles [1807-34])
• Merikajakas, great black-backed gull, L. marinus
• Naerukajakas, black-headed gull, L. ridibundus
• Polaarkajakas, Iceland gull, L. glaucoides
• Roosakajakas, Ross’s gull, Rhodostethia rosea
• Tõmmukajakas, lesser black-backed gull, L. fuscus
• Vandelkajakas, ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea
• Väikekajakas, little gull, L. minutus

Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Kauri.