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seura.

company (visitors, companionship)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈseu̯rɑ/[ˈs̠e̞u̯rɑ̝]
  1. company (visitors, companionship)

    Hän on hyvässä seurassa.
  2. society (association, especially a cultural or scientific one)

    Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
    Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunta
  3. club, circle (association of members joining together for some common purpose)

    urheiluseura
    pursiseura
  4. (religious) convention, church convention (e.g. with speeches and performances of religious hymns)

    in-plural
    suviseurat
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *sëpra (compare Estonian sõber), probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian sēbrs (“friend”), Lithuanian sėbras (“companion”)). Erzya шабра (šabra) is possibly borrowed from the same source.

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