Sami

Etymology 1
From, from one of the languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to. More at Sápmi and Sami.

Noun

 * 1) A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:, , laplænder
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sameo, sameino, lapono, laponino
 * Faroese: sámi, lapplendingur, lappi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Irish: Laplannach, Sámach
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: サーミ人, サーミ
 * Latin: sami, lappo
 * Lule Sami: sábme
 * Macedonian: Ла́понец, Ла́понка
 * Northern Sami: sámi, sápmelaš
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: same
 * Old English: Finn
 * Old Norse: finnr
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,  , ,
 * Russenorsk: filman
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: Laponec, Laponka, Saam, Sám
 * Southern Sami: saemie
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tagalog: Lapon
 * Volapük: Samiyänan

Proper noun

 * 1) The Sami people, collectively.
 * 2)  Any of the languages of the Sami people.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 薩米語
 * Danish: samisk
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: samea, lapona
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: sámiskt, lapplendskt, lappiskt
 * Finnish:, saamen kieli
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: saami
 * Irish: Laplainnis, Sáimis
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ^사미-어
 * Lule Sami: sámegiella
 * Macedonian: ла́понски
 * Northern Sami: sámegiella, sápmi, davvisámegiella
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: samisk
 * Polish: język lapoński
 * Portuguese:, ,  ,
 * Russian: са́амский язы́к
 * Skolt Sami: sääʹmǩiõll
 * Slovak: lapončina, saamčina, sámčina
 * Spanish: sami
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Lapon
 * West Frisian: Samysk

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: samea, lapona
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Irish: Laplannach, Sámach, Laplainnise, Sáimise
 * Northern Sami: sámi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: samisk
 * Old Norse: finnskr
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: Lapon
 * Volapük: Samiyänik
 * West Frisian: Samysk

Etymology 2
, from the informal pronunciation of.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Azerbaijani: Sami
 * Persian:
 * Tajik: Сомӣ
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: سامی

Etymology 3
From.

Etymology 4
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Etymology
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Etymology
A diminutive of and, with formal given name status since the latter half of the 20th century.

Usage notes

 * Popular in Finland in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) Semite

Etymology 2
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