keri.
A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring.
Meaning & usage
A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring. A rim of a casket, chest, sieve etc. that is made of thin, bent wood or birchbark.
A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring. A rim around millstones.
A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring. The side panel of the body of a fiddle.
A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring. The wheel of a spinning wheel.
A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring. synonym of kärrynpyörä (“cartwheel, wheel of a cart”)
A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring. A bicycle wheel.
A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring. synonym of sompa (“rim in the lower part of a ski pole”)
A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring. synonym of lieri (“brim (of a hat)”)
A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring. The disk at the lower end of the plunger in a butter churn.
A circular or near-circular, usually wooden, rim, edge, wheel or ring. birchbark ring
synonym of vakka (“wooden container made of bent board”)
thickness of a cylindrical object, such as the trunk of a tree
synonym of kääkkä (“old, wrinkled and thin man”)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *keri, probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kere.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.