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hiiri.

mouse (used rather indiscriminately for a number of small mouse-resembling rodents mostly in the zoologic family Muridae, but also in Zapodidae and Gliridae)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhiːri/[ˈhiːri]
  1. mouse (used rather indiscriminately for a number of small mouse-resembling rodents mostly in the zoologic family Muridae, but also in Zapodidae and Gliridae)

  2. (computer) mouse (input device)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *hiiri (compare Estonian hiir), from Proto-Uralic *šiŋere (compare Erzya чеерь (čejeŕ), Northern Mansi таӈкер (taňker), Hungarian egér). * (computer mouse): Semantic loan from English mouse.

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