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Suklema (?)
Former farm name, meaning and derivation unknown. None of the proposals are that convincing (‘Suk-’ from susi [wolf] and ‘-lema’ maybe something geographical or lamb-related)… Street named after a nearby inn of this name recorded as Sutlem (1798, Wiedemann in 1869 gives suklema as Ger. baden [to bathe or swim], fair for an inn), but may be related to the Sutlem manor 35 km S of Tallinn, first recorded 1425 as Suttelemode. This leads to two reflections: 1) MLG suddelære / sutteler became sudeln in mod. Ger., (make a filthy mess of or botch sthg, pfuschen, see also Sossimäe), and implied other grubbing-type terms revolving around the poor-quality or spoiled food attending the predatory camp-followers who ended up becoming sutlers (or victualers), essential players in miliary operations; and -ode with a very big perhaps, from MLG *ōd, from ōddēle, a term involving shared ownership (ȫde > desert, I think not); and 2) far more tenuous, from MLG sǖtlant (south land) or similar, with possible hints of nostalgia for back home in the south. Owned by the von Stackelbergs, one scion of which tacked the manor’s name onto his to become Eduard von Stackelberg-Sutlem. See Valdeku.
Sulevi (Sulev)
Short for Sulevipoeg, Sulev’s son. According to Kreutzwald, one of the 3 cousins and fighting companions of the epic hero Kalevipoeg (along with Alevi and Olevi, see Kalevipoja) or possibly a rhyming variant of Kalev’s name. Note: if Kalev can be associated with kala, fish, and Sulev with sulg:sule, feather, this would (could?) then relate Olev to ole(ma), ‘to be’, a strange whimsy to say the least. The first two examples, for earlier folk who may well identify their inexplicable and ‘magical’ origins as halfway between two poles of human existence, fact (fish=eat) and fantasy (bird=fly), are not outside the bounds of reason. However, could be an adaptation of plain old Olaf. But where would that have left Alevi?
Supluse (Suplus)
Bathing, dip, swim. Street leading to Pirita beach.
Suru (Suru)
1) Swarming of gnats; 2) Press, throng; 3) Hawk-moth (Sphingidae). Has to be No.3. Who would foist the others onto their tenants (but see Sipelga)? No.2 might have been apt during the collective apartment period, but No.1? See Sipelga, dammit! Part of a lepidopteran group. See also Sügislase (or, why not, Sipelga).
