Main Entry: Sa·mi

Variant(s): also Saa·mi \ˈsä-mē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): 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