1. owner, ruler, lord, master Vin.i.303, Vin.i.307; Snp.83; Mhvs.37, Mhvs.241; Ja.v.253 (˚paribhoga, q.v.); Pv.iv.6#6; Vism.63; DN-a.i.261; Pv-a.43, Pv-a.65. voc. sāmi “Sir” Ja.vi.300; Dhp-a.i.20 f. sāminī Ja.v.297; Vv-a.225. See also suvāmin- assāmin not ruling Mil.253; Pv.iv.6#6.
2. husband Pv-a.31 (sāmi, voc. = “my lord”), Pv-a.82
   ■ f. sāminī wife Mhvs.5, Mhvs.43; Pv-a.82, Pv-a.276.

• -vacana (sāmi˚) the genitive case Ja.i.185; Ja.iii.98 (upayog’atthe); Ja.v.42 (karaṇ’atthe), Ja.v.444; Vv-a.304; Snp-a.210 (for upayoga), Snp-a.310 (id.).

cp. Sk. svāmin, fr. sva = sa⁴