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heiluri

Pronunciation: /ˈhei̯luri/

“heiluri” is a Finnish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. pendulum (body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity)

Etymology

heilua (“to swing, move back and forth”) + -uri. Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853.

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