Juhtme (Juhe)
Lead, wire, conductor. Part of a seven-street electrical-engineer’s fantasia. See also Kaabli.
Kaabli (Kaabel)
Cable. Second street in the electrical circuit. See Korgi.
Korgi (Kork)
Fuse or circuit breaker, third of the seven electrical streets (see Lambi). More commonly known as kaitsekork or elektrikork. Also means, and more usually, cork, as well as plug, stopper, or even bottle-top... For those wondering, nothing to do with the dog breed ‘corgi’, which comes from Welsh cor (dwarf) and gi (‘lenition’ or ‘soft mutation’ of ci (dog), typical of Welsh consonants at the start of certain words).
Hõbeda (Hõbe)
Silver. A metallic neighbourhood of Tallinn... See also Pronksi.
