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Sarapuu (Sarapuu)
Harilik sarapuu, common hazel, Corylus avellana. Turkey is the world’s No.1 country for hazelnuts: some 650,000 tonnes per year (±2020ish), roughly 75% of world production, and about 10% of all this goes into Nutella.
Särgava E.
(Ernst Peterson-Särgava, 1868-1958)
Critical, social-realist, satirical writer, better known for growing a beard (the statue of which is washed every 29th April) longer than his face. Happy recipient of the only allee in Tallinn.
Särje (Särg)
Roach (fish), Rutilus rutilus. But see Säina.
Sarruse (Sarrus)
Reinforcement, as in sarrusega klaas, armored glass, (lit. glass with reinforcement; the ‑ga ending tacked onto the genitive is the abessive case, see Intro) or sarruseta betoon, plain concrete (lit. concrete without reinforcement; the ‑ta ending is the comitative case). Street created in 2007, and theoretically disproving Hamilton’s 3rd Law of Odonymy (see Aedvere), except that it was required to match its neighbor. Bridge-construction street-name group. See Silde.
