| Skr. | syàma | grey-black |
| Hindi | Sàma | Copsychusmalabaricus, a blue-black bird |
| Hindi | Sum | unhappy, cf. melancholy ð3.6.38. |
| Arabic | Sam | the North |
| Pers. | Sàm | evening; Syria |
| Pers. | Sàma | darkness |
| Hebr. | Sàmir | a kind of stone, emery |
| Anc.Greek | smýris | emery powder (reddish) |
| Engl. | emery | corundum mixed with hematite (reddish powder) |
| Assyr. | Sim | darkness; simtu black |
| Assyr. | simètan | twilight |
| Akk. | summatu | pigeon |
| Alb. | zymtë | sad, cf. Hindi Sum above |
| Esp. | palomo zumayo | variety of pigeon |
| Arabic: Tun. | smawi | grey ashy |
| Lith. | Semàs | (e with ~) variegated, white and black |
| Lettish | SemS | variegated, white and black |
| Russian | semenuxa | Tufted Duck, 48 |
| Lettish | semàlis et var. | Lapwing, 58 |
| Afgh. | samàli | the North (dark) |
| Pers. | samàl | the North (dark) |
| Pol. | ocma | darkness |