Kiini (Kiin):

1) Billhook or heavy chopping-knife, apparently from Latvian šķīnis (possibly related to Proto-Germanic *skintha-, ‘to flay, skin’ [cf. German schinden]), used for assarting purposes (see neighbors Aedvere, etc.). 2 (probably origin) Bot-, Gad- or Warble-fly, divided into three families: nahakiinlased, ‘skin bot flies’, Hypodermatinae; maokiinlased, ‘stomach bot flies’, Gasterophilinae; and ninakiinlased, ‘nose bot flies’, Oestrinae. The latter are the bugger. Depending on species, the female may eject (dare we say ‘ping’?) larvae into the host’s nasal cavities whence they burrow into the body, develop and grow, then escape throught the skin to pupate in the soil, causing extreme pain and discomfort both inwards and out. An arms race has evolved with reindeer burying their muzzle in the snow, vegetation or water when they hear the sound, and the fly learning stealth strategies. Interestingly, where kiinijooks is a stampede of reindeer on hearing the buzz of the botfly, causing a stampede can be kiili jooksma (see Kiili above), reflecting the underlying uncertainty as to the term’s etymology, whether from Lithuanian gylys for needle, thorn, prick, sting, gadfly or botfly, or from MLG kīlen, to run quickly. Kinni jooksma, on the other hand, refers to when your brain goes dead. So much change in such a tiny soundlet. As an aside, while most people associate prehistoric art with cave paintings of mammoths, aurochs and horses, another recurrent subject seems to be the bot fly larva, with numerous engravings on bones and antlers as well as an exquisite carving in jet from the Hohlenstein Stadel caves in Germany, home to the famous Löwenmensch (lion-human, open question as to gender) and ‘Venus of Hohle Fels’ sculptures dating back to maybe 40K BP. Although ‘bot art’ is younger, perhaps 27K BP, and, to modern man, repugnant, to reindeer herders (and especially skinners, hence question at start of entry) the larva is a tasty, juicy, fat and salty perk of the job...