lumme
See also: Lumme
English
editEtymology
editFrom Lor' lumme, a corruption of Lord love me. Compare gimme.
Interjection
editlumme
- (UK, dated) Expressing surprise.
- 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 2, in Bulldog Drummond:
- In a spasm of uncontrollable excitement James sucked his teeth. "Lumme, it wouldn't 'alf go on the movies, would it?" he remarked. "Better than them Red Indians and things."
Alternative forms
editEstonian
editNoun
editlumme
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *lumbëh (compare Karelian lummeh and Võro lymmuleht'), possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lugmis (compare Lithuanian lugmiai).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlumme
- water lily (a flower of the genus Nymphaea)
Declension
editInflection of lumme (Kotus type 48*H/hame, mp-mm gradation) | |||
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nominative | lumme | lumpeet | |
genitive | lumpeen | lumpeiden lumpeitten | |
partitive | lummetta | lumpeita | |
illative | lumpeeseen | lumpeisiin lumpeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lumme | lumpeet | |
accusative | nom. | lumme | lumpeet |
gen. | lumpeen | ||
genitive | lumpeen | lumpeiden lumpeitten | |
partitive | lummetta | lumpeita | |
inessive | lumpeessa | lumpeissa | |
elative | lumpeesta | lumpeista | |
illative | lumpeeseen | lumpeisiin lumpeihin | |
adessive | lumpeella | lumpeilla | |
ablative | lumpeelta | lumpeilta | |
allative | lumpeelle | lumpeille | |
essive | lumpeena | lumpeina | |
translative | lumpeeksi | lumpeiksi | |
abessive | lumpeetta | lumpeitta | |
instructive | — | lumpein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “lumme”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
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