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• sam, sã

Inherited from Portuguese são, from Old Galician-Portuguese son, from Latin sunt.

• IPA^(key): /sɐŋ/, /sɐ̃/

sâm

1. (copulative) to be

   iou sâm ― I am

   êle sâm ― he is

   nôs sâm ― we are

   Sâm nunca? ― Isn't it? Right? Innit?

   Vôs sâm quim? ― Who are you?

• To indicate the location of someone or something, têm (literally “have”) is used instead, e.g. iou têm aqui (“I am here”) rather than iou sâm aqui.

• “sâm”, in “Lexicon”, in Macanese Heritage, 2024–2026

sâm

1. to clear, mow (a location of plants that are to be cut down)

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “sam”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *samъ, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

sȃm (Cyrillic spelling са̑м, definite sȃmī)

1. (formal) alternative spelling of sam (Etymology 1 only, spelled specifically to distinguish it from etymology 2)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蔘 (“ginseng”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂəm˧˧] ~ [səm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂəm˧˧] ~ [səm˧˧]

sâm (classifier cây, củ)

1. ginseng

   Synonym: nhân sâm

   xứ củ sâm ― a nickname of Korea

2. certain kinds of herbs, notably Eleutherine bulbosa (sâm đại hành)

   nước sâm ― a kind of herbal tea