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indri

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English

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Etymology

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An indri in Madagascar

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,[1] but it has been suggested that Sonnerat studied indris too closely for this story to be plausible.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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indri (plural indris)

  1. 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.

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References

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  1. ^ indri, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1900; indri”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ 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

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From translingual Indri.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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indri

  1. indriid (lemur of the family Indriidae)
  2. indri, Indri indri (species in this family)

Declension

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Inflection of indri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative indri indrit
genitive indrin indrien
partitive indriä indrejä
illative indriin indreihin
singular plural
nominative indri indrit
accusative nom. indri indrit
gen. indrin
genitive indrin indrien
partitive indriä indrejä
inessive indrissä indreissä
elative indristä indreistä
illative indriin indreihin
adessive indrillä indreillä
ablative indriltä indreiltä
allative indrille indreille
essive indrinä indreinä
translative indriksi indreiksi
abessive indrittä indreittä
instructive indrein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
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

Derived terms

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compounds

Tocharian B

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इन्द्रिय (indriya).

Noun

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indri ?

  1. sensory organ
  2. (euphemistic) penis

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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