lumme
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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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