# lumme
## English
### Etymology

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

### Interjection

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

* lummy

## Estonian
### Noun

lumme
* illative singular of lumi

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlumːeˣ/, [ˈlumːe̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -umːe
* Hyphenation: lum‧me

### Noun

lumme
* water lily (a flower of the genus Nymphaea)
* European white water lily (Nymphaea alba)
    Synonyms: isolumme, valkolumme

#### Declension

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
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lumpeensa
lumpeensa
accusative
nom.
lumpeensa
lumpeensa
gen.
lumpeensa
genitive
lumpeensa
lumpeidensa lumpeittensa
partitive
lummettaan lummettansa
lumpeitaan lumpeitansa
inessive
lumpeessaan lumpeessansa
lumpeissaan lumpeissansa
elative
lumpeestaan lumpeestansa
lumpeistaan lumpeistansa
illative
lumpeeseensa
lumpeisiinsa lumpeihinsa
adessive
lumpeellaan lumpeellansa
lumpeillaan lumpeillansa
ablative
lumpeeltaan lumpeeltansa
lumpeiltaan lumpeiltansa
allative
lumpeelleen lumpeellensa
lumpeilleen lumpeillensa
essive
lumpeenaan lumpeenansa
lumpeinaan lumpeinansa
translative
lumpeekseen lumpeeksensa
lumpeikseen lumpeiksensa
abessive
lumpeettaan lumpeettansa
lumpeittaan lumpeittansa
instructive
comitative
—lumpeineen lumpeinensa :

#### Derived terms

* lumpeikko
* isolumme
* lummekasvi
* lumpeenkukka
* lumpeenlehti
* pohjanlumme
* valkolumme

#### See also

* vesililja

### Further reading

* “lumme”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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