different between sams vs samp

English

Noun

sams

1. plural of sam

Anagrams

• ASMS, ASMs, MSAs, Mass, Mass., SMAs, SMSA, mass

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *šamas, from a stem *šam-, from Proto-Indo-European *kam- (“stick, wood”). The semantic change (“wood” > “fish”) is due to resemblance between wels catfish, especially when asleep in water, and pieces of wood. Cognates include Lithuanian šãmas, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian ??? (som), Czech sumec (Old Czech som), Polish sum, Ancient Greek ????? (kámax, “pile, stake”) (compare Greek ?????? (kamáki, “spear, harpoon”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

sams m (1st declension)

1. wels catfish, sheatfish (a scaleless freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis)

Declension

References

Old Norse

Adjective

sams

1. strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of samr

Determiner

sams

1. strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of samr

English

Etymology

From Massachusett nasamp, nasaump (“softened with water”); compare suppawn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /samp/

Noun

samp (countable and uncountable, plural samps)

1. (chiefly US) An article of food consisting of coarse ground maize, or a porridge made from it.
   • 1675, The Captivity of Mary Rowlandson, included in The Portable North American Indian Reader, New York: Penguin Books, 1977, page 341,

     I asked him to give me a little of his Broth, or Water they [Horses feet] were boiling in; he took a dish, and gave me one spoonful of Samp, and bid me take as much of the Broth as I would.

   • 1882, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 50, page 549,

     The meal, coarse or fine, is then used for samps, mushes, or batters, and cakes, thick or thin, and of many varieties and degrees of wholesomeness.

   • 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, page 18,

     'You kids have everything but you don't appreciate it. Mom must cook you beans and samps. Do you hear? Just beans and samps. That's all. Beans and samps.'

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, page 44,

     We remained in class until 12.45, and then had a lunch of samp, sour milk and beans, seldom meat.

   • 2004, Louise Cabral, A Pageant of Shadows, page 327,

     Abigail taught her the use of the samp mortar. Samp was corn broken into coarse grains and boiled as porridge.

   • 2005, Fran Osseo-Asare, Food Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa, page 74,

     In the area of cuisine, the Xhosa have contributed many corn recipes, most famously samp and beans (umngqusho).

Anagrams

• AMPS, APMs, MAPs, MPAs, SPAM, Spam, amps, maps, pams, spam

Quiripi

Noun

samp

1. (Unquachog) hominy

References

• 1791, Thomas Jefferson, A vocabulary of the Language of the Unquachog Indians

Wolof

Verb

1. to erect

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, ?ISBN, page 18