leijua (“to hover”) + -uri. In the sense "anomalure", coined by Nisäkäsnimistötoimikunta (Committee for Mammal Names) in 2008. The older term for these animals is suomuhäntäorava (“lit. scale-tailed squirrel”), which still appears to be more frequently used (2012).
leijuri
| 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 |
| gen. | leijurin | ||
| 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 | |
| abessive | leijuritta | leijureitta | |
| instructive | — | leijurein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||