Names
Kullmani L.
(Leen Kullman, 1920-1943?)
Real name: Helene Kullman, Soviet spy trained at Leningrad spy school, Hero of the Soviet Union, arrested by Germans and died (heroically) under torture. Or, by the time the Soviets had committed themselves to honoring her, they discovered she’d done nothing of the sort – simply switching sides and living to die another day under the Nazi informant protection scheme – but couldn’t back down. Soviet era renaming (1979-1994/5) of Anni.
Külma (Külm)
Cold, wintry, chilly, bleak. Part of a bad-weather group. See also Lobjaka.
Kumalase (Kumalane)
Bumblebee, aka kimalane. The usual term for a bee is mesilane (± honey-dweller, but see Kirilase), and neither the kumu nor kima source is known, possibly of Slavic origin, but?.... Odd, for a social insect, they’ve left this street on its own.
Kume (Kume)
Hollow or dull sound, cloudy weather, glimmering (in the faint or twilight sense, cf. Tennyson’s use of glimmer-gowk for the owl, probably the barn-own). The old Baltic-German kumm:kumme (deep, round bowl or dish) is not very helpful. Part of an oddly-concocted and non-contiguous sinister-street area (See also Kura and Kõnnu). Usually declined kume:kumeda, the present genitive may also be used, but since one of its earlier names was Kuma (glimmer, gleam, shimmer), the meaning is probably of the “It was a dark and stormy night” variety.
