samo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "samo"

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧mo
• IPA^(key): /saˈmoʔ/ [saˈmoʔ]

Pronoun

samô

1. (possessive, exclusive) 1st person exclusive oblique pronoun: ours

   Synonym: samuya

Determiner

samô

1. (exclusive) 1st person exclusive possessive pronoun: our

   Synonym: samuya

See also

Bikol Central personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute (ang)		Ergative (sa)		Oblique (sa)
Length		Full	Short	Full	Short
First	singular	ako		ko		sakuya, sako, saako
	plural inclusive	kita		nyato	ta	satuya, sato, saato
	plural exclusive	kami		nyamo	mi	samuya, samo, kanamo, saamo
Second	singular	ika	ka	mo		saimo, simo,kanimo
	plural	kamo		nindo		saindo, kaninyo, sainyo
Third	singular	siya, iya		niya		saiya, kaniya
	plural	sinda		ninda		sainda, kanila

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧mo

Noun

samo

1. sargassum; gulfweed

Esperanto

Etymology

From sama +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈsamo]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: sam‧o

Noun

samo (uncountable, accusative samon)

1. same; the same thing

Galician

cerne ("heartwood") and samo ("sapwood")

Etymology

Unknown. Compare sámago and ámago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsamʊ]

Noun

samo m (plural samos)

1. sapwood

   Synonyms: ámago, magolo, sámago

2. marrow, live bone inside a horn or a hoof

   Synonyms: ámago, magolo, sámago

Related terms

• samagueiro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “samo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “samo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “samo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gothic

Romanization

samō

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍉

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sāmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēmô, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥. Cognate to Latin sēmen.

Noun

sāmo m

1. seed

Descendants

• Middle High German: sāme, saume
  • Cimbrian: zamo
  • German: Samen, Same (now rare)
    • → Japanese: ザーメン (zāmen)
  • Hunsrik: Some
  • Luxembourgish: Som
  • Vilamovian: zöma
  • Yiddish: זוימען (zoymen) (< saume)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀫𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• समो (Devanagari script)
• সমো (Bengali script)
• සමො (Sinhalese script)
• သမော or သမေႃ (Burmese script)
• สโม or สะโม (Thai script)
• ᩈᨾᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ສໂມ or ສະໂມ (Lao script)
• សមោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄟𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

samo

1. masculine nominative singular of sama

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -amɔ
• Syllabification: sa‧mo
• Homophone: samo-

Adjective

samo

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of sam

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), samo is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 20 times in scientific texts, 14 times in news, 4 times in essays, 15 times in fiction, and 17 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 70 times, making it the 924th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ.mo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ.mu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ.mu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mu/

• Hyphenation: sa‧mo

Noun

samo m (plural samos)

1. sapwood (soft, newer wood just under the bark)

   Synonym: alburno

Verb

samo

1. Eye dialect spelling of somos.

Puyuma

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 沙漠 (shāmò, “desert”).

Noun

samo

1. desert

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From sȃm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâmo/
• Hyphenation: sa‧mo

Particle

sȁmo (Cyrillic spelling са̏мо)

1. (denoting exclusivity) just, only, only just, merely, solely

   Samo jedan ― Just/only one

   Ne samo uči ― She just studies all day long.

   Ne samo da je l(ij)epa, nego je i pametna! ― She's not only pretty, but she is also clever!

   Ulaznica stoji samo 5 eura. ― The ticket costs just 5 euro.

   Radi što god želiš, samo mi nemoj smetati! ― Do whatever you want, just don't bother me!

   Samo, ipak sam zabrinut. ― It's just that I am still concerned.

2. just, keeps on

   S krova se samo cijedi! ― It just keeps on trickling from the roof!

3. (intensifier) just, only, if only (used to put emphasis on one's message, conveying mood or various emotions)

   Samo nastavite tako! ― Just keeping at it! (literally, “Just go on like that!”)

   Ma, naravno, samo nam je još to trebalo! ― Oh, of course, that is just what we needed!

   Samo mi nemoj reći da sve to nisi prije znao! ― Just don't tell me you didn't know this before!

   Kad bi samo došao! ― If only you came!

Conjunction

sȁmo (Cyrillic spelling са̏мо)

1. (denoting contrast and exclusivity) just, but, only, merely

   Ova haljina je l(ij)epa, samo (je) preskupa ― This dress is very beautiful, but too expensive.

2. (expressing intent) just, only (= tek)

   Govorim samo da govorim! ― I am talking just to talk!

3. (dated, assuming a contradiction) just, if only

   Uči, samo da nije uzalud! ― Study, if only it won't be in vain!

Related terms

• samo-

See also

• tek
• jedino

References

• “samo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsamoʔ/ [ˈsaː.moʔ]
• Rhymes: -amoʔ
• Syllabification: sa‧mo

Noun

samò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋᜓ)

1. supplication; earnest request or petition

   Synonyms: pakiusap, hinaing, pakisuyo, luhog, pamanhik, panambitan

Derived terms

• magsumamo
• makisamo
• pagsamo
• pakikisamo
• samuin
• sumamo

 

Anagrams

• maso, Amos, amos

Volapük

Etymology

From sam +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /samo/

Adverb

samo

1. for example, for instance