Names
Kikkapuu (Kikkapuu)
Spindle tree, Euonymus spp., the common or European spindle, Euonymus europaeus, occurs in southern Estonia. Its name comes from using its hard wood for making spindles for spinning wool. (PSA: the English ‘-(d)le’ is probably a ‘frequentative’ ending used for repeated actions such as in hand leading to handle, nose to nuzzle, or sniff to sniffle. Given the shape of a spindle, and since kikk can also mean ‘erect’, I suspected it might also represent another common slang word but, no, the slang for cock or prick seems to be munn (muna also means ‘penis’ in Ludian, Khanti, Selkup and apparently Hungarian), which is quite surprising because of its similarity to muna (egg), and muna or munand (testicle), between which two meanings it hovers from one FU (sorry, not the right context for certain abbreviations) Finno-Ugric language to another. Tree/shrub group, see Kontpuu.
Kilbi (Kilp)
Shield, but also badge. And one for car lovers everywhere: ilukilp (beauty shield) is a hubcap. Close to Maleva and Uus-Maleva, and hence member of a mini military mêlée. See Turvise.
Kilde (?)
Old farm name. Etymology most uncertain. Possibly from kild:killu, fragment, suggesting the result of a farm heritage division? Or more likely from a name such as Kild (relatively common in 18th C), or variants Kilda, Kilti, Kildo, etc. Perhaps (but unlikely) related to Old Norse kelda (spring or source)? One older, alternative cadastral name is spelled Gilde...
