TY - JOUR AU - Rätsep, Kaidi PY - 2012/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Colour term ‘black’ in Estonian place names JF - Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics JA - ESUKA-JEFUL VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.12697/jeful.2012.3.1.04 UR - https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/jeful.2012.3.1.04 SP - 129-154 AB - <p><span style="left: 215.604px; top: 247.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.983893);">Must</span><span style="left: 249.279px; top: 247.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04542);"> ‘black’ is considered to be the most common colour </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 267.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.997202);">attribute in place names. The article provides a brief overview of </span><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><em><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 287.183px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.991589);">must</span></em></span><span style="left: 173.699px; top: 287.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.972635);"> ‘black’ in Estonian place names. The data was obtained from </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 307.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01437);">kohanimekartoteek </span><span style="left: 278.024px; top: 307.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.97373);">‘place names card index’ of the Institute of the </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 327.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04096);">Estonian Language. In the index there are 1377 slips beginning with </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 347.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01422);">(or containing) </span><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;"><em><span style="left: 246.817px; top: 347.183px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.991589);">must</span></em></span><span style="left: 278.784px; top: 347.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01667);"> ‘black’, discounting within-parish duplicate slips </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 367.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.961651);">1081 place names were found. Altogether, 728 different place name </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 387.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.967703);">variants were discovered. The most frequent occurrences of </span><span style="left: 562.981px; top: 387.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.991589);">must</span><span style="left: 594.947px; top: 387.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.847989);"> in </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 407.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.992668);">the nominative case were </span><span style="left: 330.002px; top: 407.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.998587);">Mustjõgi</span><span style="left: 390.054px; top: 407.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.977099);"> ‘Black-river’ (frequency = 26), </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 427.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02025);">Mustjärv </span><span style="left: 214.349px; top: 427.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.958145);">‘Black-lake’ (22), </span><span style="left: 348.632px; top: 427.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.976347);">Mustkivi </span><span style="left: 418.437px; top: 427.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.954512);">‘Black-stone’ (21), </span><span style="left: 559.299px; top: 427.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00421);">Mustoja </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 447.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.974658);">‘Black-rivulet’ (18) and </span><span style="left: 313.069px; top: 447.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00496);">Mustmägi </span><span style="left: 388.572px; top: 447.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.975086);">‘Black-hill’ (16). In the genitive </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 467.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01442);">case </span><span style="left: 176.651px; top: 467.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.988171);">Musta talu</span><span style="left: 250.704px; top: 467.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.934897);"> ‘Black farm’ (22) was twice as frequent as the next </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 487.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02424);">most common, </span><span style="left: 247.449px; top: 487.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.994684);">Musti</span><span style="left: 291.011px; top: 487.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04807);">talu</span><span style="left: 317.112px; top: 487.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.15605);"> ‘</span><span style="left: 326.457px; top: 487.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.994684);">Musti</span><span style="left: 365.101px; top: 487.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01929);"> farm’ (11). According to the studied </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 507.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00438);">material the most common determinant was </span><span style="left: 439.167px; top: 507.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04807);">talu</span><span style="left: 465.271px; top: 507.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.961103);"> ‘farm’ (231), followed </span><span style="left: 141.732px; top: 527.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.98832);">by </span><span style="left: 162.444px; top: 527.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01819);">mägi</span><span style="left: 196.237px; top: 527.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.979024);"> ‘hill’ (70), </span><span style="left: 272.309px; top: 527.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.98755);">mets</span><span style="left: 303.316px; top: 527.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.989367);"> ‘forest’ (45) and </span><span style="left: 419.542px; top: 527.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04689);">heinamaa</span><span style="left: 486.209px; top: 527.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.98285);"> ‘hay</span><span style="left: 520.254px; top: 527.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.911475);">fi</span><span style="left: 524.812px; top: 527.183px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.961446);"> eld’ (43).</span></p> ER -