saam

See also: Saam, -saam, and саам

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch saam, from samen, from Middle Dutch tsamen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: saam

Adverb

saam

  1. with, together
    Ek gaan saam met my ouer broer skool toe.
    I go to school with my older brother.

Synonyms

  • bymekaar
  • gesamentlik

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • eensaam
  • saamblaf
  • saambly
  • saamdoen
  • saamdrom
  • saamflans
  • saamgaan
  • saamgooi
  • saamhang
  • saamhok
  • saamkleef
  • saamkliek
  • saamknoop
  • saamkoek
  • saamkom
  • saamkoppel
  • saamleef
  • saamloop
  • saampers
  • saampraat
  • saamroep
  • saamslaan
  • saamsmelt
  • saamsnoer
  • saamspan
  • saamspeel
  • saamstaan
  • saamstel
  • saamsweer
  • saamtrek
  • saamval
  • saamvat
  • saamwerk
  • verdraagsaam

Dutch

Etymology

Apocope of samen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: saam
  • Rhymes: -aːm

Adverb

saam

  1. (often informal, sometimes literary) together
    • 1960 or 1961, Els Kloek, unnamed poem, quoted in Liesbeth Wytzes, "'Ik ben 58 en ik heb meer haast dan ooit'", Elsevier, 2011 June 18, page 28.
      Zie je daar de maan/’t is tijd om naar bed te gaan/kom, dan gaan we saam.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

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