Sami

Sa·mi

noun \ˈsä-mē\

plural Sami or Samis also Saami or Saamis

Definition of SAMI

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

Variants of SAMI

Sa·mi also Saa·mi \ˈsä-mē\

Origin of SAMI

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

First Known Use: 1842