leijuri

Finnish

Etymology

leijua (“to hover”) +‎ -ri; 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

Hyphenation: lei‧ju‧ri
IPA: /ˈleiuri/

Noun

leijuri

(zoology) anomalure, anomalurid, scaly-tailed squirrel (any member of the 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

Declension of leijuri (type paperi)

	singular	plural
nominative	leijuri	leijurit
genitive	leijurin	leijurien leijureiden leijureitten
partitive	leijuria	leijureita leijureja
accusative	leijuri leijurin	leijurit
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

Synonyms

(anomalurid): suomuhäntäorava
(helicopter): helikopteri