lumi

See also: Lumi

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• lume, alumi

Etymology

From Latin lūmen. See figurative meaning as the "light of life". Compare Megleno-Romanian lumi and Romanian lume.

Noun

lumi f (definite articulation lumea)

1. people
2. world
3. humanity, mankind

Related terms

• lunjinã

See also

• oaminj
• pimintu
• cozmu, dunjeai, etã, plasi

Esperanto

Etymology

From lumo (“light”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlumi]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -umi
• Hyphenation: lum‧i

Verb

lumi (present lumas, past lumis, future lumos, conditional lumus, volitive lumu)

1. (intransitive) to shine

   La stratlampo ekster mia dormoĉambra fenestro tutnokte lumas, do mi ne bezonas dormolampon.

   The streetlight outside my bedroom window shines all night long so I do not need a night light.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lumi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		lumas		lumis		lumos
active participle		lumanta	lumantaj	luminta	lumintaj	lumonta	lumontaj
	acc.	lumantan	lumantajn	lumintan	lumintajn	lumontan	lumontajn
nominal active participle		lumanto	lumantoj	luminto	lumintoj	lumonto	lumontoj
	acc.	lumanton	lumantojn	luminton	lumintojn	lumonton	lumontojn
adverbial active participle		lumante		luminte		lumonte

infinitive		lumi						imperative		lumu						conditional		lumus

Related terms

• lumigi

See also

• brili

Estonian

Lumine maastik Haanja kõrgustikul

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lumi, from Proto-Uralic *lome. Cognates include Finnish, Võro, Votic, Ingrian, Livvi, Karelian, and Veps lumi, Livonian lum; Southern Sami lopme (from Proto-Samic *lomë); Erzya and Moksha лов (lov); Eastern Mari лум (lum), Western Mari лым (lym); Komi-Zyrian лым (lym), Udmurt лымы (lymy); Tundra Nenets ёмзесь (yomzyesʹ°), [script needed] (jomća’, “light snowfall”), Nganasan дӱм (ďúm, “snowfall”), Southern Selkup чом- (ćom, “to snow”), and possibly also dialectal/dated Hungarian lom (“rime; hoarfrost”).

Irregularly, the final consonant of the stem changes *m > n in the partitive singular, due to assimilation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlumi/, [ˈlumi]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -umi
• Hyphenation: lu‧mi

Noun

lumi (genitive lume, partitive lund)

1. snow (soft white flakes consisting of ice crystals falling from clouds, mainly in winter; a layer or accumulation of these on the ground or another surface)

   lund sadama ― to snow, to be snowing (literally, “to precipitate snow”)

2. (slang) cocaine

Declension

Declension of lumi (ÕS type 20/meri, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		lumi	lumed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	lume
genitive			lumede
partitive		lund	lumesid
illative		lumme lumesse	lumedesse
inessive		lumes	lumedes
elative		lumest	lumedest
allative		lumele	lumedele
adessive		lumel	lumedel
ablative		lumelt	lumedelt
translative		lumeks	lumedeks
terminative		lumeni	lumedeni
essive		lumena	lumedena
abessive		lumeta	lumedeta
comitative		lumega	lumedega

Derived terms

• lumetama
• lumine

 

Compounds

• ajulumi
• hooglumi
• igilumi
• kidulumi
• kunstlumi
• pihulumi
• sulalumi
• sõmerlumi
• süsihappelumi
• tagilumi
• tehislumi
• teralumi
• tuhklumi
• tuisklumi
• õielumi

 

• lumeebe
• lumeehmes
• lumehang
• lumehelves
• lumehoog
• lumeinimene
• lumejalats
• lumekahjustus
• lumekahur
• lumekakk
• lumekamakas
• lumekamp
• lumekaos
• lumekate
• lumekibe
• lumeking
• lumekirmetis
• lumekits
• lumeklomp
• lumekohr
• lumekoorem
• lumekoorik
• lumekruup
• lumekuhjatis
• lumekübe
• lumelaadur
• lumelabidas
• lumelage
• lumelagendik
• lumelagu
• lumelagunemine
• lumelahmakas
• lumelasu
• lumelatakas
• lumelaud
• lumelaviin
• lumeleopard
• lumelinn
• lumelisa
• lumelobjakas
• lumeloor
• lumelödi
• lumelöga
• lumelörts
• lumemees
• lumememm
• lumeminek
• lumemurd
• lumemöll
• lumemüts
• lumeonn
• lumeookean
• lumepall
• lumeparka
• lumepihu
• lumepiir
• lumepilv
• lumepime
• lumepimestus
• lumeprill
• lumepuder
• lumepuru
• lumepuudus
• lumepüü
• lumeraja
• lumeredel
• lumerikas
• lumerohke
• lumeroos
• lumerõngas
• lumeräitsakas
• lumeräitse
• lumerüü
• lumesadu
• lumesahk
• lumeskulptuur
• lumesulamine
• lumesõda
• lumetee
• lumetekk
• lumetolm
• lumetorm
• lumetuhk
• lumetuisk
• lumetõke
• lumetätar
• lumeuputus
• lumevaal
• lumevaba
• lumevaene
• lumevaip
• lumevalev
• lumevall
• lumevang
• lumevangistus
• lumeveere
• lumevesi
• lumevärav
• lumikate
• lumikelluke
• lumimari
• lumionn
• lumipesu
• lumipimedus
• lumivalge

 

References

• lumi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “lumi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *lumu, from Proto-Oceanic *lumut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lumut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lumut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumut.

Noun

lumi

1. moss (plants of the division Bryophyta)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lumi, from Proto-Uralic *lome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlumi/, [ˈlumi]
• Rhymes: -umi
• Syllabification^(key): lu‧mi

Noun

lumi

1. snow (frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances)

   sataa lunta ― to snow, be snowing

   maa on lumessa ― the ground is covered in snow

2. (slang) cocaine

   Synonyms: see kokaiini

Declension

Inflection of lumi (Kotus type 25/toimi, no gradation)
nominative		lumi	lumet
genitive		lumen	lumien lunten
partitive		lunta lumea	lumia
illative		lumeen	lumiin
		singular	plural
nominative		lumi	lumet
accusative	nom.	lumi	lumet
	gen.	lumen
genitive		lumen	lumien lunten
partitive		lunta lumea	lumia
inessive		lumessa	lumissa
elative		lumesta	lumista
illative		lumeen	lumiin
adessive		lumella	lumilla
ablative		lumelta	lumilta
allative		lumelle	lumille
essive		lumena	lumina
translative		lumeksi	lumiksi
abessive		lumetta	lumitta
instructive		—	lumin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lumi (Kotus type 25/toimi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lumeni lumeni accusative nom. lumeni lumeni gen. lumeni genitive lumeni lumieni lunteni partitive luntani lumeani lumiani inessive lumessani lumissani elative lumestani lumistani illative lumeeni lumiini adessive lumellani lumillani ablative lumeltani lumiltani allative lumelleni lumilleni essive lumenani luminani translative lumekseni lumikseni abessive lumettani lumittani instructive — — comitative — lumineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lumesi lumesi accusative nom. lumesi lumesi gen. lumesi genitive lumesi lumiesi luntesi partitive luntasi lumeasi lumiasi inessive lumessasi lumissasi elative lumestasi lumistasi illative lumeesi lumiisi adessive lumellasi lumillasi ablative lumeltasi lumiltasi allative lumellesi lumillesi essive lumenasi luminasi translative lumeksesi lumiksesi abessive lumettasi lumittasi instructive — — comitative — luminesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lumemme lumemme accusative nom. lumemme lumemme gen. lumemme genitive lumemme lumiemme luntemme partitive luntamme lumeamme lumiamme inessive lumessamme lumissamme elative lumestamme lumistamme illative lumeemme lumiimme adessive lumellamme lumillamme ablative lumeltamme lumiltamme allative lumellemme lumillemme essive lumenamme luminamme translative lumeksemme lumiksemme abessive lumettamme lumittamme instructive — — comitative — luminemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lumenne lumenne accusative nom. lumenne lumenne gen. lumenne genitive lumenne lumienne luntenne partitive luntanne lumeanne lumianne inessive lumessanne lumissanne elative lumestanne lumistanne illative lumeenne lumiinne adessive lumellanne lumillanne ablative lumeltanne lumiltanne allative lumellenne lumillenne essive lumenanne luminanne translative lumeksenne lumiksenne abessive lumettanne lumittanne instructive — — comitative — luminenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative lumensa lumensa accusative nom. lumensa lumensa gen. lumensa genitive lumensa lumiensa luntensa partitive luntaan lumeaan luntansa lumeansa lumiaan lumiansa inessive lumessaan lumessansa lumissaan lumissansa elative lumestaan lumestansa lumistaan lumistansa illative lumeensa lumiinsa adessive lumellaan lumellansa lumillaan lumillansa ablative lumeltaan lumeltansa lumiltaan lumiltansa allative lumelleen lumellensa lumilleen lumillensa essive lumenaan lumenansa luminaan luminansa translative lumekseen lumeksensa lumikseen lumiksensa abessive lumettaan lumettansa lumittaan lumittansa instructive — — comitative — lumineen luminensa

Derived terms

• lumeta
• lumeton
• lumettaa
• Lumikki
• lumikki
• lumikko
• luminen
• lumittaa

 

compounds

• ajolumi
• ensilumi
• höytylumi
• irtolumi
• keinolumi
• lumenajo
• lumenkaatopaikka
• lumenluonti
• lumenlähtö
• lumenmurto
• lumensekainen
• lumensyvyys
• lumentulo
• lumenvalkea
• lumenvalkoinen
• lumenveisto
• lumenviipymä
• Lumiaho
• lumiaita
• lumiapina
• lumiaura
• lumienkeli
• lumierä
• lumigolf
• lumihaikara
• lumihanhi
• lumihanki
• lumihiutale
• lumihome
• lumihuippu
• lumihuippuinen
• lumi-ilmasto
• Lumijoki
• lumijumi
• Lumijärvi
• lumikana
• lumikasa
• lumikeli
• lumikelkka
• lumikello
• lumikenkä
• lumikenttä
• lumikerros
• lumiketju
• lumiketjut
• lumikide
• lumikiitäjä
• lumikinkku
• lumikinos
• lumikola
• lumikouru
• lumikuorma
• lumikurki
• lumikuuro
• lumikvartsi
• lumilammas
• lumilapio
• lumilauta
• lumilautailu
• lumileinikki
• lumileiri
• lumileopardi
• lumilinko
• lumilinna
• lumiluola
• lumilyhty
• lumiläiskä
• lumimaja
• lumimarja
• lumimassa
• lumimies
• lumimittari
• lumimyrsky
• lumimyyrä
• lumipaakku
• lumipallo
• lumipeite
• lumipeitteinen
• lumipenkka
• lumipesu
• lumipisara
• lumipuku
• lumipyry
• lumipölly
• lumirae
• lumiraja
• lumiryöppy
• lumiräntä
• lumisade
• lumisohjo
• lumisokea
• lumisokeus
• lumisota
• lumitilanne
• lumituho
• lumituisku
• lumitykki
• lumityö
• lumitähti
• lumiukko
• Lumivaara
• lumivaippa
• lumivalkea
• Lumivalko
• lumivalkoinen
• lumivalli
• lumivarpunen
• lumiveisto
• lumiveistos
• lumivuohi
• lumivyöry
• luonnonlumi
• niukkaluminen
• nuoskalumi
• pakkaslumi
• perunalumi
• puuterilumi
• pyrylumi
• runsasluminen
• räntälumi
• sohjolumi
• suojalumi
• tekolumi
• tykkilumi
• tykkylumi
• vitilumi
• vähäluminen

 

See also

• hanki
• huurre
• jää
• kinos
• loska
• nietos
• nuoska
• räntä

 

Further reading

• “lumi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Anagrams

• limu, muli

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lumi

1. room (division in a building)

Icelandic

Verb

lumi

1. first/third-person singular subjunctive of luma

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlumi/

Noun

lumi

1. plural of lumo

Ingrian

Lumi.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lumi. Cognates include Finnish lumi and Estonian lumi.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlumi/, [ˈɫumi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlumi/, [ˈɫumi]
• Rhymes: -umi
• Hyphenation: lu‧mi

Noun

lumi

1. snow
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 37:

     Luikot lentäät - lumi tulloo.

     The swans fly - snow is coming.

Declension

Declension of lumi (type 5/keeli, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	lumi	lumet
genitive	lumen	lummiin, lumiloin
partitive	lunta, lunt	lummia, lumiloja
illative	lummee	lummii, lumiloihe
inessive	lumes	lumis, lumilois
elative	lumest	lumist, lumiloist
allative	lumelle	lumille, lumiloille
adessive	lumel	lumil, lumiloil
ablative	lumelt	lumilt, lumiloilt
translative	lumeks	lumiks, lumiloiks
essive	lumenna, lummeen	luminna, lumiloinna, lummiin, lumiloin
exessive1)	lument	lumint, lumiloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• kevätlumi
• lumihanki
• lumihiutale
• lumikaakka
• lumikukka
• lumikulvehto
• lumimees
• lumimäki
• lumipallo
• lumipamppu
• lumipyry
• lumisää
• lumitormi
• lumituisku
• lumiukko
• vähälumiin

 

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “луми”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи, Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ, page 677
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 280

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.mi/
• Rhymes: -umi
• Hyphenation: lù‧mi

Noun

lumi m

1. plural of lume

Anagrams

• muli

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese lume.

Noun

lumi

1. fire

Karelian

Regional variants of lumi

North Karelian (Viena)	lumi
South Karelian (Tver)	lumi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lumi. Cognates include Finnish lumi and Estonian lumi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlumi/
• Hyphenation: lu‧mi

Noun

lumi (genitive lumen, partitive lunta or lunda)

1. snow

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of lumi (type 9/lumi, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lumi	lumet
genitive	lumen	lumien
partitive	lunta	lumija
illative	lumih	lumiloih
inessive	lumešša	lumiloissa
elative	lumešta	lumiloista
adessive	lumella	lumiloilla
ablative	lumelta	lumiloilta
translative	lumekši	lumiloiksi
essive	lumina	lumiloina
comitative	—	lumiloineh
abessive	lumetta	lumiloitta

Tver Karelian declension of lumi (type 9/lumi, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lumi	lumet
genitive	lumen	lumiloin
partitive	lunda	lumiloida
illative	lumih	lumiloih
inessive	lumešša	lumiloissa
elative	lumešta	lumiloista
adessive	lumella	lumiloilla
ablative	lumelda	lumiloilda
translative	lumekši	lumiloiksi
essive	lumina	lumiloina
comitative	lumenke	lumiloinke
abessive	lumetta	lumiloitta

Possessive forms of lumi
1st person	lumeni
2nd person	lumeš
3rd person	lumeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

• lumiukko

 

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “lumi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры), →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “снег”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja, →ISBN

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lumi.

Noun

lumi

1. snow

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian lumia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluː.mɪ/

Noun

lumi m (collective, singulative lumija, paucal lumijiet)

1. lemons

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lūmen. Compare Aromanian lumi and Romanian lume.

Noun

lumi f

1. world

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lumʲ]

Noun

lumi

1. inflection of lume:
   1. plural
   2. genitive/dative singular

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Caló lumí (“concubine, beloved”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love”). Cognate with Carpathian and Sinte Romani lubni (“whore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlumi/ [ˈlu.mi]
• Rhymes: -umi
• Syllabification: lu‧mi

Noun

lumi f (plural lumis)

1. (colloquial) slut; slag; hussy (prostitute)

   Synonyms: puta, zorra

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlumiʔ/ [ˈluː.mɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -umiʔ
• Syllabification: lu‧mi

Noun

lumì (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋᜒ)

1. softening of leaves (of bananas, tobacco, etc.)
2. (grammar) penultimate syllabic stress (with a glottal ending)

   Coordinate terms: lumay, bilis, dagsa

Derived terms

• kalumian
• malumi
• paglumi

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlumiʔ/ [ˈluː.mɪʔ], /luˈmiʔ/ [lʊˈmiʔ]
• Rhymes: -umiʔ, -iʔ
• Syllabification: lu‧mi

Noun

lumì or lumî (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋᜒ)

1. Alternative form of lomi

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlumiʔ/ [ˈluː.mɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -umiʔ
• Syllabification: lu‧mi

Noun

lumì (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋᜒ)

1. Alternative form of yumi

Anagrams

• muli

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lumi, from Proto-Uralic *lome.

Noun

lumi

1. snow

Inflection

Inflection of lumi (inflection type 14/lumi)
nominative sing.	lumi
genitive sing.	lumen
partitive sing.	lunt
partitive plur.	lumid
	singular	plural
nominative	lumi	lumed
accusative	lumen	lumed
genitive	lumen	lumiden
partitive	lunt	lumid
essive-instructive	lumen	lumin
translative	lumeks	lumikš
inessive	lumes	lumiš
elative	lumespäi	lumišpäi
illative	lumehe	lumihe
adessive	lumel	lumil
ablative	lumelpäi	lumilpäi
allative	lumele	lumile
abessive	lumeta	lumita
comitative	lumenke	lumidenke
prolative	luntme	lumidme
approximative I	lumenno	lumidenno
approximative II	lumennoks	lumidennoks
egressive	lumennopäi	lumidennopäi
terminative I	lumehesai	lumihesai
terminative II	lumelesai	lumilesai
terminative III	lumessai	—
additive I	lumehepäi	lumihepäi
additive II	lumelepäi	lumilepäi

Derived terms

• lumilaud
• lumineičukaine
• lumiuk
• lumiänik

 

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “снег”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lumi, from Proto-Uralic *lome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlumʲi/
• Hyphenation: lu‧mi

Noun

lumi (genitive lumõ, partitive lummõ)

1. snow

Declension

Inflection of lumi

	singular	plural
nominative	lumi	lumõq
accusative	lumõ	lumõq
genitive	lumõ	lummi
partitive	lummõ	lummi
illative	lummõ	lummi(he)
inessive	lumõn lumõhn	lu(m)min lu(m)mihn
elative	lumõst	lu(m)mist
allative	lumõlõ	lu(m)milõ
adessive	lumõl	lu(m)mil
ablative	lumõlt	lu(m)milt
translative	lumõs	lu(m)mis
terminative	lumõniq	lu(m)miniq
abessive	lumõldaq	lu(m)mildaq
comitative	lumõgaq	lummigaq

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lumi, from Proto-Uralic *lome.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈlumi/, [ˈɫumʲi]
• Rhymes: -umi
• Hyphenation: lu‧mi

Noun

lumi

1. snow

Inflection

Declension of lumi (type X/tuli, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lumi	lumõd
genitive	lumõ	lumijõ, lumii
partitive	luntõ	lumiitõ, lumii
illative	lummõ, lummõsõ	lumiisõ
inessive	lumõz	lumiiz
elative	lumõssõ	lumiissõ
allative	lumõlõ	lumiilõ
adessive	lumõllõ	lumiillõ
ablative	lumõltõ	lumiiltõ
translative	lumõssi	lumiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “lumi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn