saman
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Malay saman (“fine, financial penalty”), from English summons. Doublet of summons.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsaman (plural samans)
- (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial, informal) A fine; a monetary penalty imposed for breaking the law.
- 2007 December 17, Jonnykato, “ERP Question”, in singaporebikes.com[1], archived from the original on 24 April 2017:
- I pass thru this gantry at ecp without cashcard. why do i kena saman till $70?
- 2011 July 12, Fredd, “I am a parking warden”, in singaporebikes.com[2]:
- Technically parking outside the lot is illegal parking, doesn't matter if you put a coupon. The patrolling wardens can't saman you but parking in washing bay and bike lots are very easy _targets for residents to complain about. Because of that no escape from getting saman after a quick call to the hotline.
- 2013 November 9, Mark, “Not just ‘saman’ kings: Kind parking warden helps old woman alight from taxi”, in stomp.sg[3], archived from the original on 25 October 2015:
- Not just 'saman' kings: Kind parking warden helps old woman alight from taxi.
- 2015 May 14, Presskit, “Kena saman nparks help please”, in forum.hardwarezone.com.sg[4]:
- I did not know that a permit was needed to set a tent. So this nparks people came and check and issued me a saman of $300!
- 2015 August 7, Dylan Tan, “SG Quirky: The A-Z of SG50”, in Business Times (Singapore)[5]:
- “When the parking warden comes around, they shout: “Saman! Saman!” and drivers rush to their cars.”
- 2015 September 10, Nina Syahirah, “STGCC Celebrates SG50 with Custom Munnies”, in safra.sg[6]:
- When SG50 Saman Rider is on duty, no law breaker will get away!
Anagrams
editAzerbaijani
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The spelling of this entry has been normalized from sa:man according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.
Etymology 1
editFrom Proto-Turkic *sāman.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsaman (definite accusative samanı, plural samanlar)
Derived terms
edit- samanlıq (“straw shed”)
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsaman (definite accusative samanı, plural samanlar)
Etymology 3
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsaman (definite accusative samanı, plural samanlar)
References
edit- Axundov A. A., Kazımov Q. Ş., Behbudov S. M., editors (2007), “man”, in Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti [Dialectological Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), Baku: Şərq-Qərb, →ISBN, page 418b
Declension
editDeclension of saman | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | saman |
samanlar | ||||||
definite accusative | samanı |
samanları | ||||||
dative | samana |
samanlara | ||||||
locative | samanda |
samanlarda | ||||||
ablative | samandan |
samanlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | samanın |
samanların |
Further reading
edit- “saman” in Obastan.com.
Esperanto
editAdjective
editsaman
- accusative singular of sama
Finnish
editPronoun
editsaman
- (indefinite) genitive singular of sama
Icelandic
editEtymology 1
editAdverb
editsaman
Etymology 2
editPronoun
editsaman
- accusative masculine singular of samur (“the same (usually in negative expressions)”)
Further reading
edit- “saman” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editsaman
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editSee also
edit- sammen (Bokmål)
References
edit- “saman” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *samanai.
Adverb
editsaman (not comparable)
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editsaman
- strong masculine accusative singular of samr (“same”)
Determiner
editsaman
- masculine accusative singular of samr (“same”)
References
edit- “saman”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Sumerian
editRomanization
editsaman
- Romanization of 𒂠𒋤𒉣𒂠𒌅 (saman)
Tok Pisin
editNoun
editsaman
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *sāman, cognate with Azerbaijani saman.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsaman (definite accusative samanı, plural samanlar)
Declension
editInflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | saman | |
Definite accusative | samanı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | saman | samanlar |
Definite accusative | samanı | samanları |
Dative | samana | samanlara |
Locative | samanda | samanlarda |
Ablative | samandan | samanlardan |
Genitive | samanın | samanların |
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