Sami

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• /ˈsɑːmi/
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• /ˈsæmi/
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Etymology tree Proto-Samic *sāmē Northern Sami sápmi Northern Sami Sápmider. English Sami From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ (“land”). Displaced native Old English Finn (the direct descendant is Finn (“person from Finland”)). More at Sápmi and Sami.

Derived from Arabic سَامِي (sāmī), from the informal pronunciation of سَامٍ (sāmin, “high, exalted”).

From Samantha.

Borrowed from Tamil சாமி (cāmi).

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: Samisch — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Esperanto: samea — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Esperanto: lapona — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Estonian: saami — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Finnish: saamelainen — relating to the Sami people or languages
• French: sami — relating to the Sami people or languages
• French: same — relating to the Sami people or languages
• French: lapon — relating to the Sami people or languages
• West-Frisian: Samysk — relating to the Sami people or languages
• German: samisch — relating to the Sami people or languages
• German: lappisch — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Hungarian: számi — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Hungarian: lapp — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Ido: Lapona — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Ido: Laponiana — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Irish: Laplannach — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Irish: Sámach — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Irish: Laplainnise — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Irish: Sáimise — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Norwegian Bokmål: samisk — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Norwegian Nynorsk: samisk — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Old Norse: finnskr — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Polish: lapoński — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Portuguese: sami — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Portuguese: lapão — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Portuguese: lapônio — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Northern Sami: sámi — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̀по̄нскӣ — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Serbo-Croatian: làpōnskī — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Swedish: samisk — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Swedish: lapsk — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Tagalog: Lapon — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Volapük: Samiyänik — relating to the Sami people or languages
• Armenian: սաամերեն (saameren) — any of the languages of the Sami
• Armenian: լոպարերեն (lopareren) — any of the languages of the Sami
• Asturian: lapón — any of the languages of the Sami
• Chinese Mandarin: 薩米語 /萨米语 (Sàmǐ yǔ) — any of the languages of the Sami
• Danish: samisk — any of the languages of the Sami
• Dutch: Samisch — any of the languages of the Sami
• Estonian: saami — any of the languages of the Sami
• Faroese: sámiskt — any of the languages of the Sami
• Faroese: lapplendskt — any of the languages of the Sami
• Faroese: lappiskt — any of the languages of the Sami
• Finnish: saame — any of the languages of the Sami
• Finnish: saamen kieli — any of the languages of the Sami
• French: same — any of the languages of the Sami
• French: sami — any of the languages of the Sami
• French: lapon — any of the languages of the Sami
• West-Frisian: Samysk — any of the languages of the Sami
• German: Samisch — any of the languages of the Sami
• German: Sami — any of the languages of the Sami
• German: Saami — any of the languages of the Sami
• German: Lappisch — any of the languages of the Sami
• Greek: Σάμι (Sámi) — any of the languages of the Sami
• Hungarian: számi — any of the languages of the Sami
• Hungarian: lapp — any of the languages of the Sami
• Ido: Laponiana — any of the languages of the Sami
• Ingrian: saami — any of the languages of the Sami
• Irish: Laplainnis — any of the languages of the Sami
• Irish: Sáimis — any of the languages of the Sami
• Italian: sami — any of the languages of the Sami
• Italian: lappone — any of the languages of the Sami
• Japanese: サーミ語 (Sāmi-go) — any of the languages of the Sami
• Korean: 사미어 (Sami-eo) — any of the languages of the Sami
• Macedonian: ла́понски (láponski) — any of the languages of the Sami
• Norwegian Bokmål: samisk — any of the languages of the Sami
• Norwegian Nynorsk: samisk — any of the languages of the Sami
• Polish: język lapoński — any of the languages of the Sami
• Portuguese: lapão — any of the languages of the Sami
• Portuguese: lapónio — any of the languages of the Sami
• Portuguese: lapônio — any of the languages of the Sami
• Portuguese: sami — any of the languages of the Sami
• Russian: са́амский язы́к (sáamskij jazýk) — any of the languages of the Sami
• Kildin-Sami: са̄мь кӣлл (sām’ kīll) — any of the languages of the Sami
• Lule-Sami: sámegiella — any of the languages of the Sami
• Northern Sami: sámegiella — any of the languages of the Sami
• Northern Sami: sápmi — any of the languages of the Sami
• Northern Sami: davvisámegiella — any of the languages of the Sami
• Skolt-Sami: sääʹmǩiõll — any of the languages of the Sami
• Ter Sami: са̄мя кӣлл (sām’a kīll) — any of the languages of the Sami
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̀по̄нскӣ — any of the languages of the Sami
• Serbo-Croatian: làpōnskī — any of the languages of the Sami
• Slovak: lapončina — any of the languages of the Sami
• Slovak: saamčina — any of the languages of the Sami
• Slovak: sámčina — any of the languages of the Sami
• Spanish: sami — any of the languages of the Sami
• Swedish: samiska — any of the languages of the Sami
• Tagalog: Lapon — any of the languages of the Sami
• Arabic: سَامِي (sāmī) — male given name
• Azerbaijani: Sami — male given name
• Northern Kurdish: Samî — male given name
• Persian: سامی (sâmi) — male given name
• Tajik: Сомӣ (Somi) — male given name
• Turkish: Sami — male given name
• Urdu: سامی (sāmī) — male given name
• Asturian: lapón — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Asturian: lapona — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Bulgarian: саа́м (saám) — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Chinese Mandarin: 薩米人 /萨米人 (Sàmǐ rén) — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Danish: same — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Danish: lap — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Danish: laplænder — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Dutch: Same — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Esperanto: sameo — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Esperanto: sameino — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Esperanto: lapono — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Esperanto: laponino — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Faroese: sámi — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Faroese: lapplendingur — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Faroese: lappi — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Finnish: saamelainen — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• French: Sami — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• German: Same — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• German: Samin — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Greek: Σάμι (Sámi) — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Hungarian: számi — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Hungarian: lapp — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Ido: Lapono — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Ido: Laponiano — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Irish: Laplannach — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Irish: Sámach — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Italian: sami — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Italian: lappone — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Japanese: サーミ人 (Sāmi jin) — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Japanese: サーミ (Sāmi) — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Latin: sami — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Latin: lappo — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Macedonian: Ла́понец (Láponec) — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Macedonian: Ла́понка (Láponka) — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Norwegian Bokmål: same — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Norwegian Nynorsk: same — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Old English: Finn — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Old Norse: finnr — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Polish: Lapończyk — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Polish: Laponka — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Portuguese: lapão — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Portuguese: lapónio — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Portuguese: lapônio — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Portuguese: saami — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Portuguese: sami — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Russenorsk: filman — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Russian: саа́м (saám) — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Russian: саа́мка (saámka) — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Lule-Sami: sábme — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Northern Sami: sámi — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Northern Sami: sápmelaš — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Southern Sami: saemie — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Serbo-Croatian: Лапо́нац — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Serbo-Croatian: Ла̀по̄нка — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Serbo-Croatian: Lapónac — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Serbo-Croatian: Làpōnka — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Slovak: Laponec — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Slovak: Laponka — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Slovak: Saam — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Slovak: Sám — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Swedish: same — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Swedish: samiska — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Swedish: lapp — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Swedish: lapska — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Tagalog: Lapon — member of indigenous people of Lapland
• Volapük: Samiyänan — member of indigenous people of Lapland