suruvirsi

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • elegy mournful or plaintive poem, funeral song, poem of lamentation

Etymology

Compound from Finnish suru (sorrow, mourning) + Finnish virsi (psalm, hymn).

Origin

Finnish

virsi

Gloss

psalm, hymn

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