lumi

/ˈlumi/
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Frozen precipitation and the white layer it forms, with a separate slang use for cocaine.

Examples

  • Keväällä viimeinen lumi suli metsän reunasta.
    In spring, the last snow melted at the edge of the forest.
  • Märkä lumi tarttui kengänpohjiin.
    Wet snow stuck to the soles of the shoes.
  • Maahan satoi yöllä puoli metriä lunta.
    Half a metre of snow fell on the ground overnight.
  • Laulussa lumi viittaa kokaiiniin, ei säähän.
    In the song, snow refers to cocaine, not the weather.
  • Aamulla lumi peitti pihat ja kadut.
    In the morning, snow covered the yards and streets.

Similar words

koka
kokis
nietos
pyry
kokkeli
kokaiini
lumisade
lumipeite
hanki
valkoinen

Meanings

Snow

noun
weather
neutral
Frozen water crystals that fall from clouds or lie as a white layer on the ground and other surfaces.

Examples

  • Maahan satoi yöllä puoli metriä lunta.
    Half a metre of snow fell on the ground overnight.
  • Aamulla lumi peitti pihat ja kadut.
    In the morning, snow covered the yards and streets.
  • Lapset rakensivat lumesta korkean linnan.
    The children built a tall castle out of snow.
  • Märkä lumi tarttui kengänpohjiin.
    Wet snow stuck to the soles of the shoes.
  • Keväällä viimeinen lumi suli metsän reunasta.
    In spring, the last snow melted at the edge of the forest.

Similar words

Cocaine slang

noun
drugs
slang
A slang name for cocaine, usually chosen because the drug is a white powder.

Examples

  • Poliisi löysi autosta pussin lunta.
    The police found a bag of cocaine in the car.
  • Laulussa lumi viittaa kokaiiniin, ei säähän.
    In the song, snow refers to cocaine, not the weather.
  • Hän käytti sanaa lumi kiertoilmauksena huumeesta.
    He used snow as a euphemism for the drug.
  • Jutussa puhuttiin kadulla myydystä lumesta.
    The story talked about cocaine sold on the street.
  • Slangissa lunta ostanut mies pidätettiin.
    In slang terms, the man who bought snow was arrested.

Similar words

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic lumi, from Proto-Uralic lume, with cognates in several Finnic and Uralic languages.

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