luuri
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
luuri
- A handset of a telephone.
- lyödä luuri korvaan ― to hang up on someone
- (colloquial, in the plural) headphones, headset
- (colloquial) A mobile phone.
- A lur, a Scandinavian metal wind instrument from the Bronze Age.
Declension
| Inflection of luuri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | luuri | luurit | |
| genitive | luurin | luurien | |
| partitive | luuria | luureja | |
| illative | luuriin | luureihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | luuri | luurit | |
| accusative | nom. | luuri | luurit |
| gen. | luurin | ||
| genitive | luurin | luurien | |
| partitive | luuria | luureja | |
| inessive | luurissa | luureissa | |
| elative | luurista | luureista | |
| illative | luuriin | luureihin | |
| adessive | luurilla | luureilla | |
| ablative | luurilta | luureilta | |
| allative | luurille | luureille | |
| essive | luurina | luureina | |
| translative | luuriksi | luureiksi | |
| abessive | luuritta | luureitta | |
| instructive | — | luurein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “luuri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03