# sami
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɑˈmi]

#### Noun

sami (definite accusative samini, plural samilər)
* Semite

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɑˈmi]

#### Adjective

sami (comparative daha sami, superlative ən sami)
* (Classical Azerbaijani) high, elevated

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: sa‧mi

### Verb

sami
* to smudge

### Noun

sami
* a smudge

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsamɪ]

### Adjective

sami
* animate masculine nominative plural of sám

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Weak equivalent of samur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaːmɪ/

### Pronoun

sami (weak only, not comparable)
* (the) same

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /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)
* Buddhist monk or priest
    Synonyms: biksu, biku
    Hypernym: pendeta

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

sami
* (uncommon) Synonym of agung (“high, exalted, honoured”)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦩꦶ (sami).

#### Adjective

sami
* (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: /ˈsa.mi/
* Rhymes: -ami
* Hyphenation: sà‧mi

### Adjective

sami
* masculine plural of samio

## Japanese
### Romanization

sami
* Rōmaji transcription of さみ

## Javanese
### Romanization

sami
* Romanization of ꦱꦩꦶ.

## Krisa
### Noun

sami
* a man's father-in-law, his wife's father
* a woman's mother-in-law, her husband's mother

## Latvian
### Noun

sami m
* nominative/vocative plural of sams

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* Buddhist monk or priest
    Synonyms: biksu, biku
    Hypernym: pendeta

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: sami

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَامِي (sāmī).

#### Adjective

sami (Jawi spelling سامي)
* 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)
* reconciliation
    Synonym: sætt
* honour
* a due

##### Descendants

* Norwegian Nynorsk: same m

### Etymology 2

Weak declension of samr.

#### Adjective

sami
* weak masculine nominative singular of samr (“same”)

#### Determiner

sami (feminine and neuter sama, plural sǫmu)
* Alternative form of samr (“the same”) (with weak declension)

##### 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
* inflection of sama (“beseem, befit”):
** first-person singular present indicative
** 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: /ˈsa.mi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ami
* Syllabification: sa‧mi

### Adjective

sami
* virile nominative/vocative plural of sam

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* sâmi, saami

### Etymology

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

### Noun

sami m or f by sense (invariable)
* Saami; Lapp (member of nomadic people of Lapland)
    Synonyms: lapão, lapónio, lapônio

### Adjective

sami (invariable)
* (relational) of the Saami people
    Synonyms: lapão, lapónio, lapônio

### References

* ↑ 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.
* ↑ https://www.sgr.fi/ct/ct51.html

## Quechua
### Noun

sami
* fortune, luck

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

sami m or f by sense (plural samis)
* Sami; Saami

### Adjective

sami m or f (masculine and feminine plural samis)
* Sami; Saami

### References

* ↑ 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.
* ↑ https://www.sgr.fi/ct/ct51.html

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سامع, from Arabic سامع.

#### Adjective

sami
* that hears, hearing

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سامی, from Arabic سامي.

#### Adjective

sami
* high, lofty, elevated

### References

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