lumme
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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
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