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Ketta (Ketas)
Disk, discus, puck. Kettamaailm is Discworld, and kõvaketas is hard disk.
Kiige (Kiik)
Swing. Made of wood, the traditional Estonian swing took on as many passengers as a Greek motorcycle and provided a similar degree of adrenalin. Today, higher, more evolved and distinctly more singular, an Estonian sport, kiiking, where the participant must swing 360° over the top bar. There seem to be three species of kiik: 1) the previously-mentioned mainframe version; 2) the pöörkiik or ‘rotary’ kiik with cord attached to the top of a pole and seats at the bottom; and 3) the poor man’s version, the kiigelaud, bascially a plank across a log. Having killed at least 3 children in the past 800 years, Europe has deemed Estonia’s traditional swings unsafe, and therefore illegal. Cars, on the other hand... Street located near site of former kiik. Street first known as Aia aka Gartenstraße and Садовая ул. (1926-59) (see Uus), with 2 temporary renamings as Ploomi (1940-41) and Ale (1959-60), see Alemaa.
Kiili (Kiil)
Dragonfly. The larvae are unique in the insect world for using jet-propulsion, ejecting water from the anus to achieve speeds of up to 10 cm per second. Doesn’t work: I tried it in the swimming-pool and they asked me to leave… Part of a small groups of insects, placed appetizingly next to a horde of insectivorous rodents and birds... See also Kuklase.
