Names
Käokeele (Käokeel)
Platanthera, butterfly-orchid, Platanthera spp. Lit. cuckoo’s tongue. Estonia has two species: rohekas käokeel, the greater butterfly-orchid, Platanthera chlorantha (rohekas = greenish & chlorantha = green-flowered), and kahelehine käokeel, the lesser butterfly-orchid, P. bifolia (bifolia = kahelehine = two-leafed). One of the Mähe flower-name group, see Käokäpa.
Käokõrva (Käokõrv)
Lit. cuckoo’s ear. Aka Käosamblik. Cetraria, a lichen, for which the genus has no common name. Five species common to Estonia: harilik käokõrv, lit. common cetraria, Cetraria sepincola (Tuckermanopsis sepincola?); islandi käokõrv, Icelandic moss, only cetraria with an English name, C. islandica, see Põdrasambla; kitsas käokõrv, lit. slender cetraria, C. ericetorum; põõsasjas käokõrv, lit. bushy cetraria, C. muricata, almost exclusively Estonian, with odd occurrences in neighboring islands; and sarv-käokõrv, lit. horn cetraria; C. aculeata. Street scheduled 2020 for building off Kalda, with name chosen in preference to Kilpjala and Raunjala.
Käolina (Käolina)
Lit. Cuckoo flax. Popular name for ‘hair cap moss’, Karusambla. See also Laaniku.
Kapi A.
(Artur Kapp, 1878-1952)
Composer and organ virtuoso, born in Suure-Jaani (Big John’s), one-time director of the Astrakhan Music School and leader of the Estonian Academic Society of Music Artists.
Kappeli J.
(Johannes Kappel, 1855-1907)
Composer (of liturgical music?...), studied at St-Petersburg Conservatory and remained in Russia. Given the German term Kapellmeister (lit. chapel master, or master of the chapel choir), it is very tempting to see an example of nominative determinism (interesting article, worth reading) here, where prople tend to gravitate towards professions/trades reflecting their names (but see Kapi A.). Interestingly, the hero of this street gets two plaques in his name, one at each end of the street, but narry the number known…
