ystäväpalvelu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
ystävä (“friend”) + palvelu (“service”)
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈystæʋæˌpɑlʋelu/, [ˈys̠tæʋæˌpɑ̝lʋe̞lu]
- Rhymes: -ɑlʋelu
- Syllabification(key): ys‧tä‧vä‧pal‧ve‧lu
Noun edit
ystäväpalvelu
- A type of volunteerism in which volunteers serve as friends to people who are suffering of lack of social contacts, such as elderly, immigrants or people with mental problems.
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Further reading edit
- “ystäväpalvelu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04