sami

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sami"

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		сами
Abjad		سامی

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سَامِيّ (sāmiyy, “Semitic, Semite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑˈmi]

Noun

sami (definite accusative samini, plural samilər)

1. Semite

Declension

Declension of sami

	singular	plural
nominative	sami	samilər
definite accusative	samini	samiləri
dative	samiyə	samilərə
locative	samidə	samilərdə
ablative	samidən	samilərdən
definite genitive	saminin	samilərin

Possessive forms of sami

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	samim	samilərim
sənin (“your”)	samin	samilərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	samisi	samiləri
bizim (“our”)	samimiz	samilərimiz
sizin (“your”)	saminiz	samiləriniz
onların (“their”)	samisi or samiləri	samiləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	samimi	samilərimi
sənin (“your”)	samini	samilərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	samisini	samilərini
bizim (“our”)	samimizi	samilərimizi
sizin (“your”)	saminizi	samilərinizi
onların (“their”)	samisini or samilərini	samilərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	samimə	samilərimə
sənin (“your”)	saminə	samilərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	samisinə	samilərinə
bizim (“our”)	samimizə	samilərimizə
sizin (“your”)	saminizə	samilərinizə
onların (“their”)	samisinə or samilərinə	samilərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	samimdə	samilərimdə
sənin (“your”)	samində	samilərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	samisində	samilərində
bizim (“our”)	samimizdə	samilərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	saminizdə	samilərinizdə
onların (“their”)	samisində or samilərində	samilərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	samimdən	samilərimdən
sənin (“your”)	samindən	samilərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	samisindən	samilərindən
bizim (“our”)	samimizdən	samilərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	saminizdən	samilərinizdən
onların (“their”)	samisindən or samilərindən	samilərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	samimin	samilərimin
sənin (“your”)	saminin	samilərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	samisinin	samilərinin
bizim (“our”)	samimizin	samilərimizin
sizin (“your”)	saminizin	samilərinizin
onların (“their”)	samisinin or samilərinin	samilərinin

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَامٍ (sāmin, “high, elevated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑˈmi]

Adjective

sami (comparative daha sami, superlative ən sami)

1. (Classical Azerbaijani) high, elevated

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧mi

Verb

sami

1. to smudge

Noun

sami

1. a smudge

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsamɪ]

Adjective

sami

1. animate masculine nominative plural of sám

Icelandic

Etymology

Weak equivalent of samur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːmɪ/

Pronoun

sami (weak only, not comparable)

1. (the) same

Declension

weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	sami	sama	sama
	acc/dat/gen	sama	sömu
	plural (all-case)	sömu

positive forms of sami (weak-only)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsami/ [ˈsa.mi]
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: sa‧mi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay sami, from Pali sāmī, from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svāmin). Doublet of suami.

Noun

sami (plural sami-sami)

1. Buddhist monk or priest

   Synonyms: biksu, biku

   Hypernym: pendeta

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay sami, from Arabic سَامِي (sāmī).

Adjective

sami

1. (uncommon) Synonym of agung (“high, exalted, honoured”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦩꦶ (sami).

Adjective

sami

1. (dialectal, Java) Synonym of sama (“same”)

Further reading

• “sami” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mi/
• Rhymes: -ami
• Hyphenation: sà‧mi

Adjective

sami

1. masculine plural of samio

Japanese

Romanization

sami

1. Rōmaji transcription of さみ

Javanese

Romanization

sami

1. Romanization of ꦱꦩꦶ.

Krisa

Noun

sami

1. a man's father-in-law, his wife's father
2. a woman's mother-in-law, her husband's mother

Latvian

Noun

sami m

1. nominative/vocative plural of sams

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsami/ [ˈsa.mi]

Etymology 1

Derived from Pali sāmī, from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svāmin). Doublet of suami.

Noun

sami (Jawi spelling سامي, plural sami-sami, informal 1st possessive samiku, 2nd possessive samimu, 3rd possessive saminya)

1. Buddhist monk or priest

   Synonyms: biksu, biku

   Hypernym: pendeta

Descendants

• Indonesian: sami

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَامِي (sāmī).

Adjective

sami (Jawi spelling سامي)

1. high; exalted

   Synonyms: agung, luhur, mulia, tinggi

Descendants

• Indonesian: sami

Further reading

• “sami” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sami m (genitive sama)

1. reconciliation

   Synonym: sætt

2. honour
3. a due

Declension

Declension of sami (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sami	saminn	samar	samarnir
accusative	sama	samann	sama	samana
dative	sama	samanum	sǫmum	sǫmunum
genitive	sama	samans	sama	samanna

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: same m

Etymology 2

Weak declension of samr.

Adjective

sami

1. weak masculine nominative singular of samr (“same”)

Determiner

sami (feminine and neuter sama, plural sǫmu)

1. Alternative form of samr (“the same”) (with weak declension)

Declension

Weak declension of sami

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sami	sama	sama
accusative	sama	sǫmu	sama
dative	sama	sǫmu	sama
genitive	sama	sǫmu	sama
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sǫmu	sǫmu	sǫmu
accusative	sǫmu	sǫmu	sǫmu
dative	sǫmum	sǫmum	sǫmum
genitive	sǫmu	sǫmu	sǫmu

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: same
• Norwegian Bokmål: samme
• Swedish: samma
• Danish: samme
• → Middle English: same
  • English: same

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sami

1. inflection of sama (“beseem, befit”):
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person present subjunctive

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sami”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mi/

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• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: sa‧mi

Adjective

sami

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of sam

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sâmi, saami

Etymology

From Northern Sami Sámi,^[1] from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē (“land”).^[2] More at Sápmi and Sami.

Noun

sami m or f by sense (invariable)

1. Saami; Lapp (member of nomadic people of Lapland)

   Synonyms: lapão, lapónio, lapônio

Adjective

sami (invariable)

1. (relational) of the Saami people

   Synonyms: lapão, lapónio, lapônio

References

1. James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Sami”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
2. https://www.sgr.fi/ct/ct51.html

Quechua

Noun

sami

1. fortune, luck

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	sami	samikuna
accusative	samita	samikunata
dative	samiman	samikunaman
genitive	samip	samikunap
locative	samipi	samikunapi
terminative	samikama	samikunakama
ablative	samimanta	samikunamanta
instrumental	samiwan	samikunawan
comitative	samintin	samikunantin
abessive	saminnaq	samikunannaq
comparative	samihina	samikunahina
causative	samirayku	samikunarayku
benefactive	samipaq	samikunapaq
associative	samipura	samikunapura
distributive	saminka	samikunanka
exclusive	samilla	samikunalla

declension of sami

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	samiy	samiykuna
accusative	samiyta	samiykunata
dative	samiyman	samiykunaman
genitive	samiypa	samiykunap
locative	samiypi	samiykunapi
terminative	samiykama	samiykunakama
ablative	samiymanta	samiykunamanta
instrumental	samiywan	samiykunawan
comitative	samiynintin	samiykunantin
abessive	samiyninnaq	samiykunannaq
comparative	samiyhina	samiykunahina
causative	samiyrayku	samiykunarayku
benefactive	samiypaq	samiykunapaq
associative	samiypura	samiykunapura
distributive	samiyninka	samiykunanka
exclusive	samiylla	samiykunalla

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	samiyki	samiykikuna
accusative	samiykita	samiykikunata
dative	samiykiman	samiykikunaman
genitive	samiykipa	samiykikunap
locative	samiykipi	samiykikunapi
terminative	samiykikama	samiykikunakama
ablative	samiykimanta	samiykikunamanta
instrumental	samiykiwan	samiykikunawan
comitative	samiykintin	samiykikunantin
abessive	samiykinnaq	samiykikunannaq
comparative	samiykihina	samiykikunahina
causative	samiykirayku	samiykikunarayku
benefactive	samiykipaq	samiykikunapaq
associative	samiykipura	samiykikunapura
distributive	samiykinka	samiykikunanka
exclusive	samiykilla	samiykikunalla

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	samin	saminkuna
accusative	saminta	saminkunata
dative	saminman	saminkunaman
genitive	saminpa	saminkunap
locative	saminpi	saminkunapi
terminative	saminkama	saminkunakama
ablative	saminmanta	saminkunamanta
instrumental	saminwan	saminkunawan
comitative	saminintin	saminkunantin
abessive	saminninnaq	saminkunannaq
comparative	saminhina	saminkunahina
causative	saminrayku	saminkunarayku
benefactive	saminpaq	saminkunapaq
associative	saminpura	saminkunapura
distributive	samininka	saminkunanka
exclusive	saminlla	saminkunalla

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	saminchik	saminchikkuna
accusative	saminchikta	saminchikkunata
dative	saminchikman	saminchikkunaman
genitive	saminchikpa	saminchikkunap
locative	saminchikpi	saminchikkunapi
terminative	saminchikkama	saminchikkunakama
ablative	saminchikmanta	saminchikkunamanta
instrumental	saminchikwan	saminchikkunawan
comitative	saminchiknintin	saminchikkunantin
abessive	saminchikninnaq	saminchikkunannaq
comparative	saminchikhina	saminchikkunahina
causative	saminchikrayku	saminchikkunarayku
benefactive	saminchikpaq	saminchikkunapaq
associative	saminchikpura	saminchikkunapura
distributive	saminchikninka	saminchikkunanka
exclusive	saminchiklla	saminchikkunalla

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	samiyku	samiykukuna
accusative	samiykuta	samiykukunata
dative	samiykuman	samiykukunaman
genitive	samiykupa	samiykukunap
locative	samiykupi	samiykukunapi
terminative	samiykukama	samiykukunakama
ablative	samiykumanta	samiykukunamanta
instrumental	samiykuwan	samiykukunawan
comitative	samiykuntin	samiykukunantin
abessive	samiykunnaq	samiykukunannaq
comparative	samiykuhina	samiykukunahina
causative	samiykurayku	samiykukunarayku
benefactive	samiykupaq	samiykukunapaq
associative	samiykupura	samiykukunapura
distributive	samiykunka	samiykukunanka
exclusive	samiykulla	samiykukunalla

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	samiykichik	samiykichikkuna
accusative	samiykichikta	samiykichikkunata
dative	samiykichikman	samiykichikkunaman
genitive	samiykichikpa	samiykichikkunap
locative	samiykichikpi	samiykichikkunapi
terminative	samiykichikkama	samiykichikkunakama
ablative	samiykichikmanta	samiykichikkunamanta
instrumental	samiykichikwan	samiykichikkunawan
comitative	samiykichiknintin	samiykichikkunantin
abessive	samiykichikninnaq	samiykichikkunannaq
comparative	samiykichikhina	samiykichikkunahina
causative	samiykichikrayku	samiykichikkunarayku
benefactive	samiykichikpaq	samiykichikkunapaq
associative	samiykichikpura	samiykichikkunapura
distributive	samiykichikninka	samiykichikkunanka
exclusive	samiykichiklla	samiykichikkunalla

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	saminku	saminkukuna
accusative	saminkuta	saminkukunata
dative	saminkuman	saminkukunaman
genitive	saminkupa	saminkukunap
locative	saminkupi	saminkukunapi
terminative	saminkukama	saminkukunakama
ablative	saminkumanta	saminkukunamanta
instrumental	saminkuwan	saminkukunawan
comitative	saminkuntin	saminkukunantin
abessive	saminkunnaq	saminkukunannaq
comparative	saminkuhina	saminkukunahina
causative	saminkurayku	saminkukunarayku
benefactive	saminkupaq	saminkukunapaq
associative	saminkupura	saminkukunapura
distributive	saminkunka	saminkukunanka
exclusive	saminkulla	saminkukunalla

possessive forms of sami

ñuqap - first-person singular

qampa - second-person singular

paypa - third-person singular

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

qamkunap - second-person plural

paykunap - third-person plural

Spanish

Etymology

From Northern Sami Sámi,^[1] from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē (“land”).^[2] More at Sápmi and Sami.

Noun

sami m or f by sense (plural samis)

1. Sami; Saami

Adjective

sami m or f (masculine and feminine plural samis)

1. Sami; Saami

References

1. James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Sami”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
2. https://www.sgr.fi/ct/ct51.html

Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سامع,^[1][2] from Arabic سامع.^[3]

Adjective

sami

1. that hears, hearing

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سامی,^[4][5] from Arabic سامي.

Adjective

sami

1. high, lofty, elevated

References

1. Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sami¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4051
2. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سامع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1031
3. “sami”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
4. Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sami²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4051
5. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سامی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1031