Kaevu (Kaev)
Well – Vanasse kaevu ei või sülitada enne kui veel uut valmis ei ole: don’t spit in your old well until your new one’s dug. Comes in 3 varieties: võllkaev (windlass well, see Rataskaev), vinnkaev (draw well) and pumpkaev (pump well).
Kaevuri (Kaevur)
Miner, digger. One of a mini trade-name area, see also Sepa. Despite its superficial and/or coincidental resemblance to ‘cave’ and ‘excavate’, the word is related to other close-neighbour FU terms such as Livonian kouvõ, Finnish and Votic kaivaa for to dig or dig up, and more distantly from eastern FU languages for spade: Erzya, kojme; Moksha, kajmä; Nganasan, kaibu, etc. Even so, the two PIE roots – *keue-, swelling, arch, cavity, and *keup-, a hollow (see Palli) – are not a million miles away, and digging is obviously a very early and widespread human activity. Interestingly, ‘alcove’ (see Teeääre) comes via Spanish alcoba itself from Arabic, either القبة (al-qubba) meaning dome or cupula, or الكهف (al-kahf), the Quran’s cosy, cave-like alcove for restful sleep, related to Hebrew קבה (kubbah), a round, vaulted tent, with neighbouring words such as קבר (kabar), to bury or pile earth on top of a dead body, and קבעת (kubbaath) chalice of flowers or drinking-cup, all of which suggesting a curved shape. Interestingly, the road is still cobbled and looks like it’s been that way for hundreds of years.
Kagu (Kagu)
South-east, south-eastern, south-easterly. Also süüdoost or süüdost among sailors. See also Edela.