sam

sam

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Samaritan Aramaic.

Acronym

• SAM

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sam

1. surface-to-air missile

From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Cognate with Dutch zamelen (“to collect”), German sammeln (“to collect, gather”), Swedish samla (“to gather, collect”), Icelandic samna (“to gather, collect”). More at same.

• samen

• IPA^(key): /sæm/
• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: Sam (Received Pronunciation, US)

sam (third-person singular simple present sams, present participle samming, simple past and past participle sammed)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To assemble.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal, of persons) To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
3. (transitive, UK dialectal, of things) To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.
   • 1905, Keighley Snowden, Princess Joyce

     I sammed it up for ye

4. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To assemble; come together.
5. (transitive, UK dialectal) To coagulate; curdle (milk).

• Often used with together or up

• stand sam
• upon my sam

From Middle English sām (“together”), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”).

sam (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Together
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:

     Now are they saints all in that city sam.

   • a1600, The Battle of Floddon Field:

     All Sam the souldiers then replied.

From Middle English sam- (prefix), from Old English sam-, from Proto-Germanic *sēmi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi- (“half”). Related to semi- (via Latin).

• IPA^(key): /sæm/
• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: Sam (Received Pronunciation, US)

sam (not comparable)

1. (dialectal) Half or imperfectly done.
2. (of food) Half-heated.

• sammy
• sandblind

Possibly from Uncle Sam.

• IPA^(key): /sæm/
• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: Sam (Received Pronunciation, US)

sam (plural sams)

1. (slang) Federal narcotics agent.

• 'ams, -mas, A.M.s, AMS, ASM, M. A. S., M.A.S., M.A.s, MAS, MAs, MSA, Mas, SMA, mas, sma

• IPA^(key): /sʰam/

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *sam¹ (“grass”). Related to Garo samsi, Garo sam.

sam (Bengali script সাম)

1. grass; weed
2. medicine

sam- (Bengali script সাম)

1. to wait

sam- (Bengali script সাম)

1. used with any bilateral body part, hands, eyes, etc. and also tires

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

sam

1. two

• El último charrúa: de Salsipuedes a la actualidad (1996)
• Idioma español y habla criolla: Charrúas y vilelas (1968)
• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 62

sam

1. father

• IPA^(key): /sam/

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *sam¹ (“grass”). Related to Atong (India) sam.

sam

1. grass; herb
2. medicine
3. curry

sam

1. used with any bilateral body part, hands, eyes, etc.

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 275

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sum (“three”). Cognate with Lashi soem" and Burmese three (three).

sam

1. three

• Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

From Arabic صامَ‎ (ṣāma).

• IPA^(key): /saːm/

sam (imperfect jsum, active participle sajjem, verbal noun sawm)

1. to fast

• The perfect tense is often avoided. It can be replaced by kien + imperfect.

• samm

• IPA^(key): [sam]

sam

1. zooming
2. (of food) stinging, biting

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “samm”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 166

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *sham, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)sam.

sam

1. hair (of the head)
2. antenna (of insects)

sam

1. easy, simple

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *sham, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)sam.

sam

1. hair (of the head)

• Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

From Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”) (compare Welsh haf), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó- (compare Old English sumor, Old Armenian ամառն (amaṙn)).

• IPA^(key): /saṽ/

sam m (genitive unattested, no plural)

1. summer

• samrad

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

sam

1. second-person singular imperative of sama

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /sam/

sam (Perso-Arabic spelling سم)

1. equally

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *samъ.

• IPA^(key): /sam/

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• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: sam

sam (not always comparable, comparative bardziej sam, superlative najbardziej sam)

1. (not comparable) alone, without company

sam (not always comparable, comparative bardziej sam, superlative najbardziej sam)

1. (comparable) alone, without company

sam

1. (not comparable) myself, yourself, himself, etc. (emphatic determiner, used similarly to "no other than" or "the very", as in "I myself")

   Przygotowując intrygę przeciwko szefowi, pani Magdalena kazała swojej córce ubrać się skromnie, a sama założyła sukienkę z głębokim dekoltem.

   Preparing the intrigue against the boss, Ms. Magdalena told her daughter to dress modestly, while she herself put on a dress with a deep neckline.

   On poszedł do samego końca.

   He went to the very end.

2. (not comparable) by oneself, alone, by own volition or power, without outside help or encouragement

• sam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• 𐴏𐴝𐴔‎ (sam) – Hanifi spelling

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

sam (Hanifi spelling 𐴏𐴝𐴔)

1. skin

   Synonym: samra

sam

1. first-person plural present indicative of si

From Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

sȃm (definite sȃmī, Cyrillic spelling са̑м)

1. alone, sole
2. unaided, single-handed
3. absolute, very, mere, unmixed
4. solitary, secluded

• sȃm

From Proto-Slavic *(j)esmь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi.

sȁm (Cyrillic spelling са̏м)

1. first-person singular present tense enclitic form of biti.

   Tu sam. — I'm here.

From Proto-Slavic *sěmo.

sam

1. here

   Synonym: tukej

2. hither

From Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

• IPA^(key): /sáːm/

sȃm (not comparable)

1. alone, sole
2. unaided, single-handed, by oneself

• sámost
• samoglásnik
• samomòr
• samostálnik
• samoróg
• samostán

• “sam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

• IPA^(key): /sam/

sam

1. past tense of simma.

• mas

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaːm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂaːm˧˧] ~ [saːm˧˧]

(classifier con) sam • (杉, 衫, 𧏰, 𧓰, 𪓫)

1. a horseshoe crab

   đuôi sam ― a horseshoe crab's tail; a braid/plait

(classifier cây) sam • (蔘)

1. common purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

   Synonym: rau sam

From Proto-Tai *saːm (“three”), from Middle Chinese 三 (MC sɑm, “three”). Cognate with Thai สาม (sǎam), Northern Thai ᩈᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ສາມ (sām), Lü ᦉᦱᧄ (ṡaam), Tai Dam ꪎꪱꪣ, Shan သၢမ် (sǎam), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥛᥴ (sáam), Ahom 𑜏𑜪 (saṃ), Bouyei saaml.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θaːm˨˦/
• Tone numbers: sam¹
• Hyphenation: sam

sam (1957–1982 spelling sam)

1. three