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Haava (Haab)
Two species: harilik haab, common or trembling aspen, Populus tremula – the trembling is due to the flat petioles allowing the slightest breeze to move the leaves and improve exposure to the sun (and perhaps shake off hungry insects?) – and hõbepappel or hõbehaab, white poplar, Populus alba. Same muddle in both languages as to name, and both seem accepted, haab or pappel, and poplar or aspen. Haava is also the genitive of haav, meaning wound, but we’re a bit too far from the hospital (±3 km) for that.
Haaviku (Haavik)
Aspen grove. See Aaviku.
Häilu (Häil)
Type of kettle or kettle-hole, a geographical feature represented by a steeper-sided (>10°), flat-bottomed kettle (sulglohk, lit. feather depression), i.e. basin formed by the weight of ‘dead ice’ (i.e. containing debris slowing its melting) on the moraines of retreating glaciers. The term is more commonly used for a treefall gap, a clear ‘hole’ in woodland canopy due usually to a falling tree or large branch. Part of a hydrologically-oriented group, see Külmallika.
Haldja (Haldjas)
Guardian, spirit, genius, fairy, elf, pixie. Belonging to a mythological zone which, paradoxically, exists, as does its double (tee not tänav) on Naissaar, although this one’s not in Tallinn, but Viimsi… See also Ilmarise.
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