Kännu (Känd)

Stump, stub, rootstock (plant, animal and human/families). Also: old fogey. Parallel to Tüve. What this one is doing in the heart of the Lilleküla group is a mystery. Other proverbs akin to that in Käbi include the following, along the lines of the all-time favourite pattern, which can be broken down into typical coding speak: if... then...:

Kuidas töö, nõnda söö: Work well, eat well, and hence:
Kuidas känd, nõnda käbi: Like father (trunk), like son (cone)
Kuidas känd, nõnda võsu: <trunk>, <shoot>
Kus känd, seal võsu: Where cone, there shoot

Kiuru (Kiur)

The pipit, dozens of ’em breeding in Estonia:

• metskiur, tree pipit, Anthus trivialis
• Mongoolia kiur, Blyth’s pipit, A. godlewskii
• mägikiur, water pipit, A. spinoletta
• niidukiur aka stepi-niidukiur, Richard’s pipit, A. richardi
• nõmmekiur, tawny pipit, A. campestris
• randkiur, rock pipit, A. petrosus
• sookiur, meadow pipit, A. pratensis
• taigakiur, olive-backed pipit, A. hodgsoni
• tundrakiur aka punakurk-kiur, red-throated pipit, A. cervinus

Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Koovitaja.

Kauri (Kaur)

Loon. One of the mysteries of modern-day life: I, British-born, never heard any name but ‘loon’, although it seems to be the American name, while Europeans say ‘diver’... Four species breeding in Estonia:

• järvekaur, black-throated diver or arctic loon, Gavia arctica
• jääkaur, great northern diver or common loon, G. immer
• punakurk-kaur, red-throated diver or loon (Eur. or US name), G. stellata
• tundrakaur, white- or yellow-billed diver (bill colour debated, more likely yellow here), G. adamsii.

Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Kiuru.