samm

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sammo.

Noun

samm (genitive sammu, partitive sammu)

1. step

Declension

Declension of samm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		samm	sammud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sammu
genitive			sammude
partitive		sammu	samme sammusid
illative		sammu sammusse	sammudesse sammesse
inessive		sammus	sammudes sammes
elative		sammust	sammudest sammest
allative		sammule	sammudele sammele
adessive		sammul	sammudel sammel
ablative		sammult	sammudelt sammelt
translative		sammuks	sammudeks sammeks
terminative		sammuni	sammudeni
essive		sammuna	sammudena
abessive		sammuta	sammudeta
comitative		sammuga	sammudega

Further reading

• “samm”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “samm”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• samm in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Maltese

Root
s-m-m
2 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /samm/

Adjective

samm (feminine singular samma, plural sammi, comparative (obsolete) asamm)

1. very hard
2. watertight

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

• sam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [samm]

Ideophone

samm

1. zooming
2. (of food) stinging, biting

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “samm”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 166