Does anyone know how to correctly say 'lumikki',? It is Finnish for Snow white?

Answer 1

Yes, and yes. I grew up in Finland, and that is indeed the Finnish name for Snow White. ("lumi" means "snow", and the -kki ending sorta turns things into female names).

The "u" sound is pronounced more like the very beginning of a "w". Try saying "water" really slowly... the first sound out of your mouth is the way the "u" should be pronounced.

The "i" sounds are pronounced like a long "e" - as in "see" - except that it's short, like the "e" in "before".

The double k is pronounced like a single k, only there's kind of a pause in there. Pretend it's written "Lumikkkkki" and you'll have the right idea.

In general, the Finnish language accents odd-numbered syllables. The emphasis is on the first and third syllables.

That's about the best I can do for a Finnish pronunciation guide, without recording a sound file!

Answer 2

Hi, basically the 1st answer is correct however when he has provided letters to represent sounds, like dictionaries often do, he has written the letters in the way finns would write their letters and pronounce them yet his word would be pronounced differently in english since the I can be also pronounced E.G as in KIND or LIKE because letters represent differnt sounds than in finnish. In english
the correct pronounciation would be represented as:

LOOMIK - KEY
OR
LOOMIK - KEE

but in english the oo is a longer sound than one "u" in Finnish
and "i" sound in english is shorter than "ee" so maybe
the first is more correct since there is no equivalent in English for the Finnish u sound and u in english is mostly pronounce as ju or as a tipe of "a" as in "bum"

In Finnish silables the name would be broken up:
LU-MIK-KI

the dash separates silables here, so in order to pronounce the two KK you must separate them each in a different silable, and do a short separation between them yet it is written lumikki - snow-white.


the I or EE sound in finnish is an affective suffix and whenever added behind some word it makes it familiar or "afectionate" something like the y in english - John - Johny or Tim - Timi etc

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Answer 3

You can watch the trailer of Finnish version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Lumikki ja seitsemän kääpiötä) here:

http://www.disney.fi/DisneyVideo/lumikki/files/popups/trailer.html

At the end of this clip (when the name of the movie, Lumikki ja seitsemän kääpiötä, appears) you hear how Lumikki is pronounced.

Answer 4

yes.
what he said.