Samu

Diminutive.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmu/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mu]
• Rhymes: -ɑmu
• Hyphenation^(key): Sa‧mu

Samu

1. a male given name, short for Samuel and Samuli

• Samu is the 122^nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 5,475 male individuals (and as a middle name to 723 more), and also belongs to 10 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• masu, musa, suma, usma

Shortening of Sámuel.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒmu]
• Hyphenation: Sa‧mu

Samu

1. a diminutive of the male given name Sámuel
2. a male given name

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Samu	Samuk
accusative	Samut	Samukat
dative	Samunak	Samuknak
instrumental	Samuval	Samukkal
causal-final	Samuért	Samukért
translative	Samuvá	Samukká
terminative	Samuig	Samukig
essive-formal	Samuként	Samukként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Samuban	Samukban
superessive	Samun	Samukon
adessive	Samunál	Samuknál
illative	Samuba	Samukba
sublative	Samura	Samukra
allative	Samuhoz	Samukhoz
elative	Samuból	Samukból
delative	Samuról	Samukról
ablative	Samutól	Samuktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Samué	Samuké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Samuéi	Samukéi

Possessive forms of Samu
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Samum	Samuim
2nd person sing.	Samud	Samuid
3rd person sing.	Samuja	Samui
1st person plural	Samunk	Samuink
2nd person plural	Samutok	Samuitok
3rd person plural	Samujuk	Samuik

• IPA^(key): /ˈsamu/ [ˈsa.mu]
• Rhymes: -amu
• Syllabification: Sa‧mu

Samu m

1. a diminutive of the male given name Samuel

• IPA^(key): /sà.mũ̀/

Sàmù

1. A senior traditional chieftaincy title in Ọ̀yọ́, a member of the Ọ̀yọ́mèsì. Traditionally, upon the death of the Alaafin, the bearer of this title must commit ritual suicide and is then buried alongside the monarch