%0 Journal Article
%T COLOUR TERM ¡®BLACK¡¯ IN ESTONIAN PLACE NAMES
%A Kaidi R£¿tsep
%J Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri
%D 2012
%I University of Tartu
%X Must ¡®black¡¯ is considered to be the most common colour attribute in place names. The article provides a brief overview of must ¡®black¡¯ in Estonian place names. The data was obtained from kohanimekartoteek ¡®place names card index¡¯ of the Institute of the Estonian Language. In the index there are 1377 slips beginning with(or containing) must ¡®black¡¯, discounting within-parish duplicate slips1081 place names were found. Altogether, 728 different place name variants were discovered. The most frequent occurrences of must in the nominative case were Mustj gi ¡®Black-river¡¯ (frequency = 26),Mustj rv ¡®Black-lake¡¯ (22), Mustkivi ¡®Black-stone¡¯ (21), Mustoja¡®Black-rivulet¡¯ (18) and Mustm gi ¡®Black-hill¡¯ (16). In the genitive case Musta talu ¡®Black farm¡¯ (22) was twice as frequent as the next most common, Musti talu ¡®Musti farm¡¯ (11). According to the studied material the most common determinant was talu ¡®farm¡¯ (231), followed by m gi ¡®hill¡¯ (70), mets ¡®forest¡¯ (45) and heinamaa ¡®hayfi eld¡¯ (43).
%K place names
%K must ¡®black¡¯
%K colour attribute
%K Estonia
%U http://jeful.ut.ee/public/files/Ratsep%20129-154.pdf