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Saami

Saami

See also: saami

English

Alternative forms

Sami

Noun

Saami ‎(plural Saami or Saamis)

A member of the indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

Translations

member of Finno-Ugric people of Lapland

Danish: same (da) c, lap c, laplænder c
Faroese: sámi m, (archaic) lappi m, (archaic) lapplendingur m
Finnish: lappalainen (fi), saamelainen (fi)
Greek: Σάμι ‎(Sámi)
Northern Sami: Sámi

Portuguese: lapão (pt) m, lapónio (pt) m (Portugal), lapônio (pt) m (Brazil), saami (pt) m, f
Russenorsk: filman
Russian: саа́м (ru) m ‎(saám), саа́мка (ru) f ‎(saámka)
Slovak: Laponec m

Proper noun

Saami ‎(plural Saamis)

(collective noun) An indigenous people living in Lapland of Finland, Sweden and Norway and Kola Peninsula in Russia.
(countable) Any of the languages of the Saami.

Translations

Saami language

Chinese:
Mandarin: 薩米語, 萨米语 ‎(Sàmǐyǔ)
Danish: samisk n
Dutch: Sami (nl)
Esperanto: Samea
Estonian: saami
Faroese: sámiskt n
Finnish: saame (fi), saamen kieli
French: same (fr)
German: Sami (de)
Greek: Σάμι ‎(Sámi)

Italian: sami (it)
Japanese: サーミ語 (ja) ‎(Sāmi-go)
Korean: 사미어 ‎(Sami-eo)
Northern Sami: sámegiella (N. Sami: Davvisámegiella)
Norwegian: Samisk språk
Polish: język lapoński m
Portuguese: lapão (pt) m, lapónio (pt) m (Portugal), lapônio (pt) m (Brazil), saami (pt) m
Russian: саамский язык (saámskij jazýk) m, саа́ми (ru) m ‎(saámi)
Slovak: lapončina f
Spanish: sami
Swedish: samiska (sv)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

amasi
Masai

saami

saami

See also: Saami

Estonian

Proper noun

saami

Saami language

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Noun

saami m f (plural sasmi)

Alternative form of sami

Adjective

saami ‎(plural saami, comparable)

Alternative form of sami