Estonian vuristi / vuripuu, Karja parish

vuristi / vuripuu / suristuspuu

Source term: vuristi

vuristi = Estonian bullroarer (dictionary label: ancient cult object); vuripuu / suristuspuu = related Estonian folk names for the whirled board.

In Estonia's national dictionary the vuristi stands among the ancient cult objects. On the island of Saaremaa it was anything but solemn — a 1964 Estonian National Museum drawing from Karja parish records a hobuste vuristi, a 'horse vuristi,' as a child's toy, and Estonian folk-music scholarship counts the vuripuu or suristuspuu among the free aerophones and hears in its whistling whirl an old companion of the country's herders.

nööri otsa kinnitatud õhuke piklik lauake, mis keerutamisel tekitab tugevat vurinat

a thin elongated board tied to the end of a cord, which produces a strong hum when whirled

Eesti Keele Instituut, Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat, s.v. vuristi.

Particulars

Object

A thin elongated board tied to the end of a cord and whirled to make a strong hum.

Function

A toy in the Karja museum record; the national dictionary labels vuristi an ancient cult object, and Estonian folk-music scholarship classes the vuripuu among the free aerophones.