Samoyed

//ˈsæməjɛd// adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.

    "The Samoyeds are Idolaters and Witches, obſeruing diuelliſh ſuperſtitions"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Samoyed (dog) alt-of
  3. 3
    Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family wordnet
  4. 4
    A hardy breed of dog from Siberia.
  5. 5
    the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia wordnet
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  1. 6
    a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to this people.

    "some Samoyed musicians performed pieces of similar cacophony on an assortment of instruments - hand drums and finger cymbals and pipes resembling our fagotto and dulzaina."

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doghoundlanguagesammiesammysamoyed language

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"The Samoyeds are Idolaters and Witches, obſeruing diuelliſh ſuperſtitions"

Etymology

From Russian самое́д (samojéd), probably from Sami *saam-edne (“land of the people”); compare Finnish Suomi (“Finn”). In the course of borrowing, the word was folk-etymologically reinterpreted as сам (sam, “self, own”) + есть, ед- (jestʹ, jed-, “eat”), "self-eater."

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