lumin

lumin

Finnish

Noun

lumin

  1. instructive plural of lumi

Maltese

Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian lumino.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /luˈmiːn/
    • Rhymes: -iːn

    Noun

    lumin m (plural lumini)

    1. small light
    2. (historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume that is officially 1.849 imperial cubic inches (30.31 mL).

    Votic

    The spelling of this entry has been normalized from lumiin according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:Votic entry guidelines or recent spelling standards of the language.

    Etymology

    From Proto-Finnic *luminën, equivalent to lumi (snow) +‎ -in.

    Pronunciation

    • (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈlumin/, [ˈɫumʲin]
    • Rhymes: -umin
    • Hyphenation: lu‧min

    Adjective

    lumin

    1. snowy

    Inflection

    Declension of lumin (type XII/sinin, no gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative lumin lumizõd
    genitive lumizõ lumisijõ
    partitive lumissõ lumisiit
    illative lumisõ, lumisõsõ lumisiisõ
    inessive lumizõz lumisiiz
    elative lumizõss lumisiiss
    allative lumizõllõ lumisiillõ
    adessive lumizõll lumisiill
    ablative lumizõlt lumisiilt
    translative lumizõssi lumisiissi
    *) 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.
    For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

    References

    • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “luminõ”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn