The Book

All author earnings of A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names to be donated to the foundation or donate here.

If anyone could help or advise as to the legal mechanism, it would be appreciated, thanks!

The Website

Not intended at the beginning, the present website is taking on a life of its own, with plans for relevant discussion forums, picture galleries and, over time, more non-streetname entries.

In theory, it will be funded by advertising relevant to people in Tallinn, to be determined.

A percentage of profits (also to be determined) to be donated to the foundation.

Kassitatra (Kassitatar)

Possibly dialectal version of harilik kassitapp, the field or common bindweed, aka withy wind, small-flowered morning glory, creeping Jenny, possession vine, etc., Convolvulus arvenvis, sole variety of Estonia. At first/last: Kivi seems to have made a mistake: street not in Tallinn but nearby Muuga, then again, perhaps Muuga was part of Tallinn in the eventies?...

Kastani (Kastan)

Chestnut.

Kaste (Kaste)

Dew. Next to Tiigi and Külmallika.

Kasteheina (Kastehein)

Bent, Agrostis spp., a grass, but not, despite either English name, a criminally-inclined informer...

Kastevarre (Kastevars)

Hair grass. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see Kastiku.

Kastiku (Kastik)

Bunch grass of the Poaceae family, genus Calamagrostis, of which at least 5 varieties native to Estonia: jäneskastik, wood small-reed or bushgrass (lit. hare’s bunch grass), C. epigeios; metskastik (lit. woodland bunch grass), C. arundinacea; püstkastik, slim-stem reed grass (lit. upright bunch grass), C. stricta; roogkastik or verev kastik (lit. reed or red bunch grass), C. purpurea; and sookastik (lit. marsh bunch grass), C. canescens. Also means vaulting-box. See Kressi.