lumme
See also: Lumme
English edit
Etymology edit
From Lor' lumme, a corruption of Lord love me. Compare gimme.
Interjection edit
lumme
- (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 edit
Estonian edit
Noun edit
lumme
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *lumbëh (compare Karelian lummeh and Võro lymmuleht'), possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lugmis (compare Lithuanian lugmiai).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lumme
- water lily (a flower of the genus Nymphaea)
Declension edit
Inflection 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 edit
compounds
See also edit
Further 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