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luri

luri

Finnish

Noun

luri

  1. lory (any of several species of parrot)

Declension

Inflection of luri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative luri lurit
genitive lurin lurien
partitive luria lureja
illative luriin lureihin
singular plural
nominative luri lurit
accusative nom. luri lurit
gen. lurin
genitive lurin lurien
partitive luria lureja
inessive lurissa lureissa
elative lurista lureista
illative luriin lureihin
adessive lurilla lureilla
ablative lurilta lureilta
allative lurille lureille
essive lurina lureina
translative luriksi lureiksi
instructive lurein
abessive luritta lureitta
comitative lureineen

Usage notes

All "lory" are luri in Finnish, but two genera of luri, Trichoglossus and Psitteuteles, are lorikeet in English.

Hypernyms


Istriot

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin illōrum. Compare Venetian łuri, łori, łore, Italian loro.

Pronoun

luri

  1. they
  2. them
  3. theirs

Adjective

luri

  1. their