# indri
## English
### Etymology

Possibly from Malagasy endrina (“the lemur Indri indri”). A common explanation asserts that the word comes from the Malagasy indry (pronounced /ˈiɳɖʐʲ/) meaning “lo!” or “behold!”, or from indry izy (“There he is!”), which guides shouted to the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat (1748–1814) upon seeing the animal, and which Sonnerat mistook for its name, but it has been suggested that Sonnerat studied indris too closely for this story to be plausible.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈɪndɹi/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Hyphenation: in‧dri

### Noun

indri (plural indris)
* One of the largest living lemurs (Indri indri), native to Madagascar.
    Synonyms: babacoote, babakoto
** 1819, “LEMUR”, in Abraham Rees, editor, The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. [...] In Thirty-nine Volumes, volume XX, London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, […], →OCLC, column 2:Indri, the ſecond new genus, conſiſts at preſent but of two ſpecies, the Linnæan lemur indri and the laniger; the former of which is lemur brevicaudatus of Geoffroy [i.e., Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]; and the latter indri longicaudatus of the ſame author.
** [1873], Thomas Rymer Jones, “Order II. Quadrumana. Four-handed Mammals.”, in Mammalia: A Popular Introduction to Natural History, London: Frederick Warne and Co., […]; New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong, →OCLC, family IV (Lemuridæ. The Lemurs.), sub-family IV (Lichanotinæ. The Indris.), page 61:The indris are distuinguished by having only thirty teeth. [...] The Indri (Indris laniger) is the largest known species of the lemurine Quadrumana, measuring when erect more than three feet in height, and is of very remarkable form. [...] The indris inhabit the forests of Madagascar. They are very gentle, and although not remarkable for intelligence, are trained by the natives (who call the indri, "the man of the woods"), to hunt, probably for birds.
** 1993, Jan Sovak, Zoo Animals Coloring Book (Dover Pictorial Archive Series), New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, →ISBN, page 20:The Indri (Indri indri; top left), the largest prosimian at up to three feet long (excluding tail) and 22 pounds, eats plant matter.
** 1999, Ernest Pillsbury Walker, Ronald M. Nowak, “Avahi, Sifakas, and Indri: Indriiae”, in Walker’s Primates of the World, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 84, column 2:The indri inhabits coastal and montane rainforest from sea level to about 1,800 meters.
** 2011, William Powell, Ochan Kusuma-Powell, “Knowing Our Collegial Relations”, in How to Teach Now: Five Keys to Personalized Learning in the Global Classroom, Alexandria, Va.: ASCD, →ISBN, page 134:Indris are known for their calls, some of which are truly eerie and can be heard for miles in the dense undergrowth.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “indri, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1900; “indri”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* ↑ Ian Hacking (1981 October) “Was There Ever a Radical Mistranslation?”, in Analysis, volume 41, number 4, London: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, pages 173–174; Alexander R. Dunkel, Jelle S. Zijlstra, Colin P. Groves (2011–2012) “Giant Rabbits, Marmosets, and British Comedies: Etymology of Lemur Names, Part 1”, in Lemur News, volume 16, pages 67–68.

### Further reading

* indri on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Nidri

## Finnish
### Etymology

From taxonomic name Indri.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈindri/, [ˈin.dri]
* Rhymes: -indri
* Hyphenation: ind‧ri

### Noun

indri
* indriid (lemur of the family Indriidae)
* indri, Indri indri (species in this family)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of indri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
indrini
indrini
accusative
nom.
indrini
indrini
gen.
indrini
genitive
indrini
indrieni
partitive
indriäni
indrejäni
inessive
indrissäni
indreissäni
elative
indristäni
indreistäni
illative
indriini
indreihini
adessive
indrilläni
indreilläni
ablative
indriltäni
indreiltäni
allative
indrilleni
indreilleni
essive
indrinäni
indreinäni
translative
indrikseni
indreikseni
abessive
indrittäni
indreittäni
instructive
comitative
—indreineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
indrisi
indrisi
accusative
nom.
indrisi
indrisi
gen.
indrisi
genitive
indrisi
indriesi
partitive
indriäsi
indrejäsi
inessive
indrissäsi
indreissäsi
elative
indristäsi
indreistäsi
illative
indriisi
indreihisi
adessive
indrilläsi
indreilläsi
ablative
indriltäsi
indreiltäsi
allative
indrillesi
indreillesi
essive
indrinäsi
indreinäsi
translative
indriksesi
indreiksesi
abessive
indrittäsi
indreittäsi
instructive
comitative
—indreinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
indrimme
indrimme
accusative
nom.
indrimme
indrimme
gen.
indrimme
genitive
indrimme
indriemme
partitive
indriämme
indrejämme
inessive
indrissämme
indreissämme
elative
indristämme
indreistämme
illative
indriimme
indreihimme
adessive
indrillämme
indreillämme
ablative
indriltämme
indreiltämme
allative
indrillemme
indreillemme
essive
indrinämme
indreinämme
translative
indriksemme
indreiksemme
abessive
indrittämme
indreittämme
instructive
comitative
—indreinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
indrinne
indrinne
accusative
nom.
indrinne
indrinne
gen.
indrinne
genitive
indrinne
indrienne
partitive
indriänne
indrejänne
inessive
indrissänne
indreissänne
elative
indristänne
indreistänne
illative
indriinne
indreihinne
adessive
indrillänne
indreillänne
ablative
indriltänne
indreiltänne
allative
indrillenne
indreillenne
essive
indrinänne
indreinänne
translative
indriksenne
indreiksenne
abessive
indrittänne
indreittänne
instructive
comitative
—indreinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
indrinsä
indrinsä
accusative
nom.
indrinsä
indrinsä
gen.
indrinsä
genitive
indrinsä
indriensä
partitive
indriään indriänsä
indrejään indrejänsä
inessive
indrissään indrissänsä
indreissään indreissänsä
elative
indristään indristänsä
indreistään indreistänsä
illative
indriinsä
indreihinsä
adessive
indrillään indrillänsä
indreillään indreillänsä
ablative
indriltään indriltänsä
indreiltään indreiltänsä
allative
indrilleen indrillensä
indreilleen indreillensä
essive
indrinään indrinänsä
indreinään indreinänsä
translative
indrikseen indriksensä
indreikseen indreiksensä
abessive
indrittään indrittänsä
indreittään indreittänsä
instructive
comitative
—indreineen indreinensä :

#### Derived terms

* villaindri

## Tocharian B
### Alternative forms

* intri

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इन्द्रिय (indriya).

### Noun

indri ?
* sensory organ
* (euphemistic) penis

#### Derived terms

* indrintaṣṣe
* intriṣṣe

### Further reading

* Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “indri”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 69