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Suitsupääsuse (Suitsupääsuke)
Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica, Estonia’s national bird and narry a street, avenue nor cul-de-sac in sight. Name proposed by present volume to replace Lahe or, even better, Smuuli. Also, drop the bloody diminutive, it’s your national bird, not a KFC. Take a little pride in your volatiles. And if this is the first time a name change can come about due to a foreigner, see võib olla teie esimene pääsuke ka! Another candidate for naming is Karl Ernst von Baer (and not everyone would approve), see Eerikneeme and Tammsaare A.H., or if you need another bird for Lilleküla, why not Siuru, the mythological firebird of Finno-Ugric tradition and name of literary group publisher of 25 books from 1917 to 1919.
Sütiste J.
(Juhan Sütiste, 1899-1945)
Known as Johannes Schütz until 1936, a sort of patriotico-anti-fascist ‘kitchen-sink’ poet with socialist leanings and an anti-romantic bent.
Süsta (Süst)
Canoe, kayak, folding-boat. If you keep going due SW, you will end up in the water, if you can climb over the security fences around Bekkeri sadam. (Don’t.)
Sügislase (Sügislane)
Lit. Autumn-dweller, the Autumn silkworm moth, Lemonia dumi, rare in Estonia, although a bit more common on the western coastline. Before the street was built, this was the name the original land-owner wanted. The street-names commission, following guidelines, proposed the historical toponym of Potissepa (potter) after the name of the farm originally on the site: rejected. They then proposed a list of other butterfly names already reserved for the zone: rejected too. So the street-names commission is not always to blame ;o). Part of a lepidopteran group. See also Täpiku.
