Malmi (Malm)
Cast iron, after local iron foundry. First known in Rus. as Чугунная (1900), then Malmi (1908) and last Ger. Gußeisenstraße (1913). Scrap iron is malmimurd (see Väomurru). The word also designates a sort of loamy earth especially good for brick-making. Prolonged by Valgevase. Home also to the Havanna Tobacco company (±1930s), your Cuba in Tallinn manufacturer of the fine brand of “Merci” papirosa ‘cigarettes’ guaranteed to burn your tongue and rot your lungs. Thank you too!







