Lõokese (Lõoke[ne])
Lark. Various inclinations breed in Estonia:
- Nõmmelõoke, wood lark, Lullula arborea
- Põldlõoke, skylark, Alauda arvensis
- Sarviklõoke, horned lark, Eremophila alpestris
- Stepilõoke, calandra lark, Melanocorypha calandra
- Tuttlõoke, crested lark, Galerida cristata
- Välja-väikelõoke, greater short-toed lark, Calandrella brachydactyla
To imitate a skylark, the sound you make is Liiri lõõri, so the nursery rhyme (Pöide region) goes like this:
Liiri-lõõri lõokene,
Piiri-pääri pääsukene,
Lenda üle meie kesa,
Rääste alla punu pesa.*
Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Meika.
* You translate it!
Marsi (Marss)
1) Mars (the planet; the god would be Mars in the nominative); 2) March (as in military, the month is märts); 3) Maintop (the platform about 1/3 the way up a mast). Next to Sõjakooli, so 2 it is, but obviously related to Mars too who, as god of war, gives us ‘martial’. Part of the Tondi military school group, see Rivi. Marsi was also an earlier name of Lehola, another martial street.
Oksa (Oks)
Branch, limb, bough.
Pöialpoisi (Pöialpoiss)
Goldcrest, Regulus regulus (lit. little king little king). National bird of Luxembourg. A pöialpoiss (thumb-boy) is also a rather ill-defined character of Estonian folklore. The Brothers Grimms’ Snow-White’s dwarves are translated as pöialpoisid, but the same word also gives elf, pixie, etc. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Püü.