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adj
Of or pertaining to this people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
A hardy breed of dog from Siberia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: Sammie, Sammy, Smiley
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Samoyed (dog)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Samoyede
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Broader terms: spitz
noun
the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Samoyedic
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Broader terms: Uralic, Uralic language
Narrower terms: Nenets, Nentsi, Nentsy, Yurak-Samoyed, Enets, Entsi, Entsy, Yenisei, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yeniseian, Nganasan, Selkup, Ostyak-Samoyed
noun
a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Russian
History
From Russian самое́д (samojéd), probably from Sami *saam-edne (“land of the people”); compare Finnish Suomi (“Finn”). In the course of borrowing, the word was folk-etymologically reinterpreted as сам (sam, “self, own”) + есть, ед- (jestʹ, jed-, “eat”), "self-eater."
Across languages
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