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Sami
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Appendix:Variations of "sami"
English
Etymology 1
en ethnonym :der se:Sápmi 1
From en se Sápmi, from one of the en smi languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to en ine-bsl-pro *źémijāˀ land. Displaced native ang Finn (the direct descendant is en Finn person from Finland). More at Sápmi and Sami.
Alternative forms
en Saami Sámi
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɑːmi/ /ˈsæmi/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sami.wav Southern England /ˈsæmi/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sami2.wav Southern England /ˈsɑːmi/
en ɑːmi æmi 2
Noun
* s
A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.
en Lapp Laplander proscribed
Translations
member of indigenous people of Lapland
Asturian: ast lapón m, ast lapona f
Bulgarian: bg саа́м m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 薩米人 Sàmǐ rén
Danish: da same c, da lap c, da laplænder c
Dutch: nl Same m
Esperanto: eo sameo, eo sameino female, eo lapono, eo laponino female
Faroese: fo sámi m, fo lapplendingur m archaic, fo lappi m archaic
Finnish: fi saamelainen
French: fr Sami m f
German: de Same m, de Samin f
Greek: el Σάμι
Hungarian: hu számi, hu lapp
Ido: io Lapono, io Laponiano
Irish: ga Laplannach m, ga Sámach m
Italian: it sami m, it lappone m
Japanese: ja サーミ人 Sāmi jin, ja サーミ Sāmi
Kazakh: kk саам
Latin: la sami m, la lappo m
Macedonian: mk Ла́понец m, mk Ла́понка f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb same m
Nynorsk: nn same m
Old English: ang Finn m
Old Norse: non finnr m
Polish: pl Lapończyk m-pr, pl Laponka f
Portuguese: pt lapão m, pt lapónio m Portugal, pt lapônio m Brazil, pt saami m f, pt sami m
Russenorsk: crp-rsn filman
Russian: ru саа́м m, ru саа́мка f
Sami:
Lule Sami: smj sábme
Northern Sami: se sámi, se sápmelaš
Southern Sami: sma saemie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Лапо́нац m, sh Ла̀по̄нка f
Latin: sh Lapónac m, sh Làpōnka f
Slovak: sk Laponec m, sk Laponka f, sk Saam m, sk Sám m rare
Swedish: sv same c, sv samiska c female, sv lapp c, sv lapska c female
Tagalog: tl Lapon
Volapük: vo Samiyänan
Proper noun
s
The Sami people, collectively.
en countable Any of the languages of the Sami people.
Translations
any of the languages of the Sami
Armenian: hy սաամերեն, hy լոպարերեն
Asturian: ast lapón m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 薩米語 Sàmǐ yǔ
Danish: da samisk n
Dutch: nl Samisch
Esperanto: eo samea la samea, la samea lingvo, la sameaj lingvoj, eo lapona la lapona, la lapona lingvo, la laponaj lingvoj
Estonian: et saami
Faroese: fo sámiskt n, fo lapplendskt n, fo lappiskt n
Finnish: fi saame, fi saamen kieli
French: fr same, fr sami m, fr lapon m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Samysk
German: de Samisch n, de Sami n, de Saami n, de Lappisch n
Greek: el Σάμι
Hungarian: hu számi, hu lapp
Ido: io Laponiana
Ingrian: izh saami
Irish: ga Laplainnis f, ga Sáimis f
Italian: it sami, it lappone m
Japanese: ja サーミ語 Sāmi-go
Korean: ko ^사미-어
Macedonian: mk ла́понски m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb samisk m
Nynorsk: nn samisk m
Polish: pl język lapoński m-in
Portuguese: pt lapão m, pt lapónio m Portugal, pt lapônio m Brazil, pt sami m
Russian: ru са́амский язы́к m
Sami:
Kildin Sami: sjd са̄мь кӣлл
Lule Sami: smj sámegiella
Northern Sami: se sámegiella, se sápmi, se davvisámegiella Northern Sami
Skolt Sami: sms sääʹmǩiõll
Ter Sami: sjt са̄мя кӣлл
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ла̀по̄нскӣ m
Latin: sh làpōnskī m
Slovak: sk lapončina f, sk saamčina f, sk sámčina f
Spanish: es sami m
Swedish: sv samiska
Tagalog: tl Lapon
Adjective
-
Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.
Translations
relating to the Sami people or languages
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn
Dutch: nl Samisch
Esperanto: eo samea, eo lapona
Estonian: et saami
Finnish: fi saamelainen
French: fr sami, fr same, fr lapon
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Samysk
German: de samisch, de lappisch
Hungarian: hu számi, hu lapp
Ido: io Lapona, io Laponiana
Irish: ga Laplannach, ga Sámach people, ga Laplainnise, ga Sáimise language
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb samisk
Nynorsk: nn samisk
Old Norse: non finnskr
Polish: pl lapoński
Portuguese: pt sami m, pt lapão m, pt lapônio m
Sami:
Northern Sami: se sámi
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ла̀по̄нскӣ m
Latin: sh làpōnskī m
Swedish: sv samisk, sv lapsk
Tagalog: tl Lapon
Volapük: vo Samiyänik
Derived terms
en Samic Saminess Akkala Sami Inari Sami Kemi Sami Kildin Sami Lule Sami North Sami Pite Sami Skolt Sami Southern Sami Ter Sami Ume Sami
See also
en Laplander
en Lapp
en Lappish
Further reading
sia Akkala Saami
smn Inari Saami
sjk Kemi Saami
sjd Kildin Saami
smj Lule Saami
se North Saami
sje Pite Saami
sms Skolt Saami
sma South Saami
sjt Ter Saami
sju Ume Saami
Etymology 2
en ar سَامِي male given name, from the informal pronunciation of ar سَامٍ high, exalted. en ar س م و
Pronunciation
en
en
Proper noun
en male Arabic Samiyah.
Translations
male given name
Arabic: ar سَامِي
Azerbaijani: az Sami
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Samî m
Persian: fa سامی sâmi
Tajik: tg Сомӣ
Turkish: tr Sami
Urdu: ur سامی sāmī
Etymology 3
From en Samantha.
Proper noun
s
en female Samantha.
Etymology 4
en :bor ta:சாமி + 1
Noun
en swami.
References
Anagrams
en aims AMIs Amis ISAM Isam M'sia MIAs Masi Mias Siam Sima aims saim siam sima
en Ethnonyms Finland Language families Norway Russia Sweden
en unisex given names
Albanian
Etymology
sq ar سَامٍ high, elevated. sq ar س م و
Proper noun
m
sq male
Azerbaijani
Сами سامی
Etymology
az :der ar:سَامٍ<t:high, elevated> + 1
Pronunciation
az [sɑˈmi]
Proper noun
az male Arabic Samiyə
Declension
i
Finnish
Etymology
A diminutive of fi Samuel and fi Samuli, with formal given name status since the latter half of the 20th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
fi 2014 Antti Holma Järjestäjä Otava 978-951-1-27976-1 46 Daniel hänen nimensä oli. Tietenkin. Ei hän olisi voinut olla Jani tai Sami. Janit ovat kännykkäkaupassa töissä. Samitkin ovat kännykkäkaupassa töissä, mutta esimiesasemassa. Daniel was his name. Of course. He couldn't be a Jani or Sami. Janis work at mobile phone shops, and Samis too but as managers.
Usage notes
Popular in Finland in the 1970s and the 1980s.
Declension
Sam a
Related terms
fi Samu Samuel Samuli
Statistics
dvv_20250813 26145 1500 14 7 14
References
Anagrams
fi aims Siam amis masi siam sima
French
fr:
Alternative forms
fr Saame Saami Sâme Sámi
Pronunciation
Noun
m +
en Sami
fr Lapon
Related terms
fr same
fr Ethnonyms Finland Norway Russia Sweden
Latin
Pronunciation
Samī
Proper noun
la proper noun form Samī f
la Samos,Samus gen//loc s
Talysh
Etymology
From tly ar سَامِيّ Semitic, Semite.
Adjective
tly adj
Semitic
Turkish
Etymology 1
tr Semite :inh ota:سامی<tr:sâmî> 1
tr ota سامی sâmî, itself derived from tr ar سَامِيّ Semitic, Semite.
Noun
tr noun
Semite
Etymology 2
tr male given name :inh ota:سامی<tr:sâmî> 1
tr ota سامی sâmî, itself borrowed from tr ar سَامٍ high, elevated. tr ar س م و
Proper noun
tr male Arabic Samiye