samir

See also: Samir

Icelandic

Pronoun

samir

1. nominative masculine plural of samur (“the same (usually in negative expressions)”)

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsamir/ [ˈsa.mɪr]
• Rhymes: -amir
• Syllabification: sa‧mir

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay samir (“the natural undried leaves of the nipah”). Semantic loan from Berau Malay [Term?] for the wall sense.

Noun

samir (plural samir-samir)

1. rough sheets of palm fronds stitched together to make a temporary roofing.
2. a round banana leaf folded into a shallow inverted cone and used for covering foods
3. walls made of palm leaves, joined together with areca nut stems [since 2025]

Derived terms

• menyamir

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese samir (“velvet (silk) approximately the width of the palm of the hand, folded thickly at the base using strands (used as necklaces by palace servants); front edge of kebaya”), from Old Javanese samir (“curtain, cloth cover”).

Noun

samir (plural samir-samir)

1. yellow silk sarong
2. sash

   Synonym: selempang

Further reading

• “samir”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Old Norse

Verb

samir

1. inflection of sama:
   1. second/third-person singular present active indicative
   2. second-person singular present active subjunctive