smi

smi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Sámi languages.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mi (“female”), compare Zhaba mi³³ wo⁵⁵ (“old lady”), Northern Pumi m̥i¹¹ tsø⁵⁵ (“daughter”), Namuyi mi³⁵  (“female”), Lashi mji̱⁵³  (“female”), Sichuan Yi ꀋꃋ (ap my, “daughter”), Pa'o Karen mŷ  (“woman”) and Old Chinese 妹 (/*C.mˤə[t]-s/(B-S), /*mɯːds/(ZS)).

• IPA^(key): [smi] (Stau)

smi

1. woman, female.
2. (Especially) young girls.

• smi zi

From Old Norse smíða.

smi (imperative smi, present tense smir, passive smis, simple past smidde, past participle smidd, present participle smiende)

1. to forge, hammer, work (metal)

• smijern
• smi mens jernet er varmt

• “smi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “smi” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse smíða.

smi (present tense smir, past tense smidde, past participle smidd or smidt, passive infinitive smidast, present participle smidande, imperative smi)

1. to forge, hammer, work (metal)

• smide, smida

• smijarn, smijern

• “smi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.