{"id":871,"date":"2026-03-13T07:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/?p=871"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:04:53","slug":"estonian-language-is-full-of-cowslips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/estonian-language-is-full-of-cowslips\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonian language is full of Cowslips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Since being Estonian and Estonian culture are closely intertwined with nature, both contemporary and earlier literature often includes descriptions of plants growing in forests, meadows, bogs and fields. In the spirit of this Mother Language Month, it is fitting to see under what names the cowslips, the emblem of the pollination ecology working group, has found a home in the Estonian language and literature.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0recently\u00a0published\u00a0poetry\u00a0collection\u00a0\"Hortus\u00a0poeticus. A\u00a0selection\u00a0of Estonian\u00a0plant\u00a0poetry\"\u00a0contains\u00a0poems\u00a0about\u00a0140\u00a0plants\u00a0growing\u00a0in Estonia,\u00a0among\u00a0which\u00a0the\u00a0common\u00a0cowslips\u00a0(Primula\u00a0veris)\u00a0is\u00a0also\u00a0represented\u00a0through\u00a0Kersti Merilaas'\u00a0poem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;book&nbsp;\"Estonian&nbsp;plant&nbsp;names\",&nbsp;the&nbsp;cowslips\u00b4&nbsp;has&nbsp;as&nbsp;many&nbsp;as 208 folk&nbsp;names, of&nbsp;which&nbsp;Gustav Vilbaste&nbsp;has&nbsp;recorded&nbsp;116:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>h\u00e4rjalaatsad,\u00a0h\u00e4rjakaapst, h\u00e4rjakapsas,\u00a0h\u00e4rjakatsud,\u00a0h\u00e4rjakadsad,\u202fh\u00e4rjakaatsad,\u00a0h\u00e4rjakats, h\u00e4rgkaatsad,\u00a0jaani-lill, juudip\u00fcksid, kaatsad,\u202fkanna\u00a0kaltso, kana-kaltsa', kanakaltsud, kanakollad, kanapasa-lill,\u202fkanna\u00a0warbas, kana-warwad, kanavarbad, kassik\u00e4pp, kevadev\u00f5ti, kikasp\u00fcks,\u202fkikkakaatsa,\u202f kikkap\u00fcks, koisid\u00a0viinalillid,\u00a0koisi\u00a0viinalilled,\u202fkoldsed\u00a0viinalilled,\u00a0kolsi\u00a0wina\u00a0lillid, kollane tinaneitsi, kollanokk,\u202fkotsid\u00a0wina\u00a0lilli,\u00a0konnaninn',\u00a0kortled, kukekaatsad, kukekalts,\u202fkukekannus, kukep\u00fcks, kukes\u00f5rmkindad, kukulinnu-k\u00e4ekaatsas,\u202fkukulinnu\u00a0\u00e4tses, kukulinnu-s\u00f5rmikindad, kuldkannike,\u00a0kurekaats,\u202fk\u00e4kaadsed,\u00a0k\u00e4ekaats,\u00a0k\u00e4ekaatse, k\u00e4ekarts,\u00a0k\u00e4ekatsas,\u00a0k\u00e4\u00e4gats,\u202fk\u00e4ekatse,\u00a0k\u00e4ekaasuke, k\u00e4ekaisuke,\u00a0k\u00e4ekaitsas, k\u00e4ekaitse,\u00a0k\u00e4ekaitsja,\u202fk\u00e4ekasu, k\u00e4ekasukas, k\u00e4ekaltsud, k\u00e4okaatsad, k\u00e4okannus, k\u00e4okeel,\u202fk\u00e4uk\u00e4pp, metstubakas, m\u00e4elilled,\u00a0nattalillid, natt-nunnid,\u202fneitsipisar, neitsi-tinnad, neiulill,\u00a0nurmekaasuke,\u00a0nurma\u00a0nudkud,\u202fnurmenukk, nurmenupp, nurmek\u00e4pp, Peetruse v\u00f5tmed,\u202fPeetruse v\u00f5tmelilled,\u00a0nullernukk, piimapisar, p\u00e4\u00e4sukese-silm,\u202fp\u00e4\u00e4sulill, saksap\u00fcks, savilill, s\u00f5rmlill, s\u00f5rmkinnas, s\u00f5rmelill,\u202fs\u00f5rmiklill, s\u00f5rmk\u00fcbar, taevav\u00f5ti, titep\u00fcksid,\u00a0titevarrus, valurohi,\u202fviinalilled, v\u00f5tmelill,\u00a0v\u00f5tmalill, v\u00f5tmekimp,\u00a0\u00e4rgats,\u00a0\u00f5lkalill,\u202frotsid\u00a0wina\u00a0lilli,\u00a0kanakoiv, kanakoole, kanapasalill, kanaperse,\u202fkikkamunn, kikkapael, koeratubakas, kukehari, kukevarvas, pasklill,\u202fpiimakinnas, piimap\u00fcks, priimula, savi\u00f5is, taevasilm,\u00a0tubak,\u202fvanapoisi silmavesi, vargapoisi varvas, v\u00f5ip\u00e4tt, v\u00f5ip\u00e4takas.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a&nbsp;beautiful&nbsp;upcoming&nbsp;Mother&nbsp;Language&nbsp;Day!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"375\" 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