sâm

• sam, sã

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

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

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˧˧]

(classifier cây, củ) sâm

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