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sami

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈsɑːmi/
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/ˈsɑːmi/ · /ˈsæmi/

Definition of sami

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  1. A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.
  2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of swami.
  3. At West Point, a Saturday morning inspection of a cadet's room.
    “Cadets loathe SAMIs because they are the most stringent of all inspections.”

name

  1. The Sami people, collectively.
  2. (countable)Any of the languages of the Sami people.
  3. A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Samiyah.
  4. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.

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Etymology

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”). More at Sápmi and Sami.

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