#Polgu (Polk)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#Regiment (see #Pusta A.), a relatively muddled term as to its current meaning (grouping of brigades or battalions or battalion), and equally to #eesteestlased (#Estonians of yesteryear), spelling it #Rügemendi, #Rügementi (from the German #Regimentsstraße)
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#Pusta A. (August Pusta, 1904-1971)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#Colonel (#polkovnik, from #polk [#Rus. #полк], regiment [but also ‘crowd of girls’…], ultimately from #OldGerman *fulkaz, also giving rise to #AngloSaxon #folc [troop, detachment], Eng. #folk, and cognate with #Latin #pleb; nothing
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For those fascinated with words describing obscure sounds, try this: rahin:rahina – sound made by partially-frozen water rubbing against the side of a boat. Renamed (1979-1994), along with #Lummu, as #Pusta A. during the Soviet occupation. Part of a magico-mythological group. See #Kuukivi.
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