SAMI


Meaning of SAMI in English

n.

Variant: also Saa · mi

Pronunciation: ' sä-m ē

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural Sami or Samis also Saami or Saamis

Etymology: of Sami origin; akin to North Sami sápmi, genitive sámi the Sami homeland, language, or way of life

Date: 1842

1 : a member of a people of northern Scandinavia, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of northern Russia who are traditionally fishermen, nomadic herders of caribou, and hunters of sea mammals

2 : any or all of the closely related Finno-Ugric languages of the Sami people

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.