саами

Borrowed from a Sami language; compare Kildin Sami са̄ммь (sāmm’) and Northern Sami sámi. Possibly related to Russian самое́д (samojéd).

• IPA^(key): [sɐˈamʲɪ]

саа́ми • (saámi) m anim or f anim (indeclinable, masculine саа́м)

1. a Sami (member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland)

• саа́м (saám) (male)
• саа́мка (saámka) (female, proscribed)
• лопь (lopʹ) (archaic, collective)
• лопа́рь (lopárʹ) (male, archaic, now often considered pejorative)
• лопа́рка (lopárka) (female, archaic, now often considered pejorative)

• саа́мский (saámskij)
• Са́пми (Sápmi)