sampi

Definitions

noun A character, , representing a Phenician sibilant in early Dorian (Greek) use, and called san, but retained later only as a numeral sign, with pi added to its name, because of the resemblance of the character in form to a Greek π (pi). Its value as a numeral was 900.

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sampi.

The Greeks used a similar system, with alpha being one, beta being two, and so on to the 27th letter of their alphabet, sampi , which was 900.

HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
The Greeks used a similar system, with alpha being one, beta being two, and so on to the 27th letter of their alphabet, sampi , which was 900.

HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
The Greeks used a similar system, with alpha being one, beta being two, and so on to the 27th letter of their alphabet, sampi , which was 900.

HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
The cow, called sapi (in another dialect sampi) and jawi, is obviously a stranger to the country, and does not appear to be yet naturalized.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
Hearing of a person's death they say, nen matti, matti; nen idup, bekraja: kallo sampi janji'nia, apa buli buat?

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795