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Pajustiku (Pajustik)
Willow plot, osier.
Palderjani (Palderjan)
Valerian, garden valerian, garden heliotrope, Valeriana officinalis. Its other English name, ‘all-heal’, reflects its use as medicinal plant as mild sedative and anti-insomniac. Smell attracts cats. So did my mother, so what? One of the Mähe flower-name group, see also Pojengi.
Paljassaare tee (Paljassaar)
Main road of uncertain delineation zig-zagging about Paljassaare asum, with various sections barriered off from the general public, and reaching the northernmost tip of the eastern branch of Saartevahe haak (‘hook betwixt the isles’).
Pallasti (Pallast)
Ballast. Known as Ballasti until 1939, but genuine Estonian names do not (or should not) start with a B, D or G. Ballast comes in two main types: ship and rail. Historically, it was the heavy material, usually rock, that empty cargo ships loaded for stability on return trips then dumped near port on arrival. This was one of the sources of crushed granite or quartzite that engineers used for the combination of grip and give provided by its rough, irregular fracture lines to stabilize railway beds, hence the name ‘track ballast’. One of a rock-based neighborhood. See Sikupilli.
