Saminess

English

Etymology

From Sami +‎ -ness.

Noun

Saminess (uncountable)

1. The quality of being Sami.
   • 2005, Annika Jansson, Sami language at home and at school: a fieldwork perspective:

     My question was thus formulated "What is the relation between language and Saminess?" Some informants gave a personal definition of Saminess, others commented on the relationship between the two concepts.

   • 2011, Dieter K. Müller, Alain A. Grenier, Polar Tourism: A Tool for Regional Development, page 189:

     The Saminess, for their grandparents, was not so much a reflexive matter as something naturalized and implicit.

Translations

quality

• Finnish: saamelaisuus (fi)

Anagrams

• samisens