lumme

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English

Etymology

From Lor' lumme, a corruption of Lord love me. Compare gimme.

Interjection

lumme

  1. (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

Estonian

Noun

lumme

  1. illative singular of lumi

Finnish

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lumbëh (compare Karelian lummeh and Võro lymmuleht'), possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lugmis (compare Lithuanian lugmiai).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlumːeˣ/,
  • Rhymes: -umːe
  • Syllabification(key): lum‧me
  • Hyphenation(key): lum‧me

Noun

lumme

  1. water lily (a flower of the genus Nymphaea)
  2. European white water lily (Nymphaea alba)
    Synonyms: isolumme, valkolumme

Declension

Inflection of lumme (Kotus type 48*H/hame, mp-mm gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of lumme (Kotus type 48*H/hame, mp-mm gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lumpeeni lumpeeni
accusative nom. lumpeeni lumpeeni
gen. lumpeeni
genitive lumpeeni lumpeideni
lumpeitteni
partitive lummettani lumpeitani
inessive lumpeessani lumpeissani
elative lumpeestani lumpeistani
illative lumpeeseeni lumpeisiini
lumpeihini
adessive lumpeellani lumpeillani
ablative lumpeeltani lumpeiltani
allative lumpeelleni lumpeilleni
essive lumpeenani lumpeinani
translative lumpeekseni lumpeikseni
abessive lumpeettani lumpeittani
instructive
comitative lumpeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lumpeesi lumpeesi
accusative nom. lumpeesi lumpeesi
gen. lumpeesi
genitive lumpeesi lumpeidesi
lumpeittesi
partitive lummettasi lumpeitasi
inessive lumpeessasi lumpeissasi
elative lumpeestasi lumpeistasi
illative lumpeeseesi lumpeisiisi
lumpeihisi
adessive lumpeellasi lumpeillasi
ablative lumpeeltasi lumpeiltasi
allative lumpeellesi lumpeillesi
essive lumpeenasi lumpeinasi
translative lumpeeksesi lumpeiksesi
abessive lumpeettasi lumpeittasi
instructive
comitative lumpeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lumpeemme lumpeemme
accusative nom. lumpeemme lumpeemme
gen. lumpeemme
genitive lumpeemme lumpeidemme
lumpeittemme
partitive lummettamme lumpeitamme
inessive lumpeessamme lumpeissamme
elative lumpeestamme lumpeistamme
illative lumpeeseemme lumpeisiimme
lumpeihimme
adessive lumpeellamme lumpeillamme
ablative lumpeeltamme lumpeiltamme
allative lumpeellemme lumpeillemme
essive lumpeenamme lumpeinamme
translative lumpeeksemme lumpeiksemme
abessive lumpeettamme lumpeittamme
instructive
comitative lumpeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lumpeenne lumpeenne
accusative nom. lumpeenne lumpeenne
gen. lumpeenne
genitive lumpeenne lumpeidenne
lumpeittenne
partitive lummettanne lumpeitanne
inessive lumpeessanne lumpeissanne
elative lumpeestanne lumpeistanne
illative lumpeeseenne lumpeisiinne
lumpeihinne
adessive lumpeellanne lumpeillanne
ablative lumpeeltanne lumpeiltanne
allative lumpeellenne lumpeillenne
essive lumpeenanne lumpeinanne
translative lumpeeksenne lumpeiksenne
abessive lumpeettanne lumpeittanne
instructive
comitative lumpeinenne

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