sampi

From Ancient Greek σαμπῖ (sampî). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

sampi (plural sampis)

1. The obsolete Greek letter Ϡ, ϡ.
2. The numeral 900.

• ϡ΄ (900)

• SIMAP, Pimas

Probably borrowed from Old Javanese sampi (“ox”).

sampi (Balinese script ᬲᬫ᭄ᬧᬶ)

1. cow

Borrowed from Balinese ᬲᬫ᭄ᬧᬶ (sampi, “cow”), from Old Javanese sampi (“ox”).

• IPA^(key): /sampi/

sampi

1. cattle

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsam.pi]

sampi f (plural sampis)

1. sampi; the Ancient Greek letter Ϡ (lowercase ϡ)

From Ancient Greek σαμπῖ (sampî).

sampi m or f (plural sampi's, diminutive sampi'tje n)

1. sampi (archaic Greek letter)

• sampi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

From Proto-Finnic *sampi, from Proto-Uralic *śampe. Cognates include Estonian samb and Southern Mansi шупу (šupu).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmpi/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mpi]
• Rhymes: -ɑmpi
• Syllabification^(key): sam‧pi
• Hyphenation^(key): sam‧pi

sampi

1. sturgeon (any fish of the family Acipenseridae)
2. European sea sturgeon, Baltic sturgeon, common sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) (type species of that family)

Acipenser sturio is called simply sampi in Finnish, as it is the only sturgeon species naturally occurring in Finland.

• For a complete listing of sturgeon species, see Wikipedia article Sammet.

• “sampi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.pi/

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sampi m (plural sampi)

1. sampi (Greek letter)

• “sampi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

sampi m or f (invariable)

1. sampi (Greek letter)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsampi/ [ˈsãm.pi]
• Rhymes: -ampi
• Syllabification: sam‧pi

sampi f (plural sampis)

1. sampi; the Greek letter Ϡ, ϡ