kerho

Probably derived from keri (“circular edge, ring, circle”). Compare also Erzya кершамс (keršams, “to tie, bind; to entwine”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkerho/,
• Rhymes: -erho
• Syllabification^(key): ker‧ho

kerho

1. club (often informal group of people, who meet more or less regularly around a common interest or hobby; sometimes associated as yhdistys)

• The hobby groups for youngsters and other people run e.g. by schools and parishes are often called kerho.
• See also usage notes under yhdistys.

• piiri

• järjestö
• yhdistys

• “kerho”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02