Today is Estonia's #emakeelepäev, or national language day.
Although it's not my language (at all), one of my favorite words is #rahin (see 2/3)

As in:
Kahu (Kahu)
Son of Pakase, which perhaps makes him young and cool... Kahk:kahu means slight rustle, whisper.
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
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epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/120...

Sellist hullu külma ma ise muidugi ei mäleta- ei saagi mäletada, sest mu vanemaid veel polnud, aga vanavanemad olid küll.
Küll aga mäletan 1985 aasta talve, mõnusat krõbekülma aega,...

#Lobjaka (Lobjakas)
Slush, slosh. Part of a bad-weather group. See also #Pakase.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Tallinn #Streetnames #Onomastics

Ta mul enamus ajast niimoodi ei käitu, aga paistab, et tal on mingi aimdus ka selle pakase osas - ehkki ta enne (taas)kodustamist väga pikalt ilmselt tänavakass ei saanud olla, kaklusarmideta igatahes on pääsenud kuidagi 😛

(Tavaliselt ta röögiks sel kellaajal mu peale, et ma teda jaltuama viiks)

Pakase (Pakane)
Severe cold, frost, Pakasetaat, lit. ‘old man frost’, is a local variant of Jack Frost. Likewise, Kalevipoja’s (and putting a genitive onto a genitive must look strange to an Estonian) father has been known to be called Kalev-taattaat, see Vilisuu. Part of a bad-weather group.

Mul küüslaugud ajasid end välja, katsin turbaga aga leheotsad jäid pakase meelevalda. Aga rookie, kasvatan küüslauku ka esimest korda. Ja kui tuksi läheb, tellin uued sordiküüned.

#Marumemm, #Tuuleisa, #Kuulejumal, #TuuleKai, etc. and perhaps also to #Tuuslar; and 2) synonym of #Külmataat, #taat meaning old man or greybeard, etc., a sort of #SantaClaus in #Slavic cultures known by the name ~Дед [Дедушка] Мороз~ (Ded [Dedushka] Moroz), or ‘Old Man Frost’ (but see #Pakase).
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to sing. So perhaps it was another scary name from #Estonian #folklore? You already have #Pakase, #Pikri, #Pikse, #Tuuslari, #Uku, #Vilisuu… The street was named on 1958-02-14 along with 80 or so others, quite a bunch, so maybe a #typo? But none of these three explanations passes the test of
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