leijuri

Finnish

Etymology

leijua (“to hover”) +‎ -uri; coined for zoological use in 2008 by a committee that made a proposal for Finnish names of all mammals. The older term for these animals is suomuhäntäorava (“lit. scale-tailed squirrel”), which still appears to be more frequently used (2012).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlei̯juri/, [ˈle̞i̯j(ː)uri]
Rhymes: -eijuri
Syllabification^(key): lei‧ju‧ri

Noun

leijuri

(zoology) anomalure, anomalurid, scaly-tailed squirrel (any member of the family Anomaluridae, a family of rodents found in central Africa)
(science fiction, computer games) A fictional aircraft capable of hovering.
(historical) helicopter (Finnish-language term proposed by professor Aarni Penttilä, which never gained ground, but survives as curiosity)

Declension

Inflection of leijuri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		leijuri	leijurit
genitive		leijurin	leijurien leijureiden leijureitten
partitive		leijuria	leijureita leijureja
illative		leijuriin	leijureihin
		singular	plural
nominative		leijuri	leijurit
accusative	nom.	leijuri	leijurit
accusative	gen.	leijurin	leijurit
genitive		leijurin	leijurien leijureiden leijureitten
partitive		leijuria	leijureita leijureja
inessive		leijurissa	leijureissa
elative		leijurista	leijureista
illative		leijuriin	leijureihin
adessive		leijurilla	leijureilla
ablative		leijurilta	leijureilta
allative		leijurille	leijureille
essive		leijurina	leijureina
translative		leijuriksi	leijureiksi
instructive		—	leijurein
abessive		leijuritta	leijureitta
comitative		—	leijureineen

Possessive forms of leijuri (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	leijurini	leijurimme
2nd person	leijurisi	leijurinne
3rd person	leijurinsa

Synonyms

(anomalurid): suomuhäntäorava
(helicopter): helikopteri