/sʌm/
Some has 8 different meanings across 4 categories:
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
"have some milk"
"some roses were still blooming"
"having some friends over"
"some apples"
"some paper"
relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
"we talked for some time"
"he was still some distance away"
relatively many but unspecified in number
"they were here for some weeks"
"we did not meet again for some years"
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
"lasted approximately an hour"
"in just about a minute"
"he's about 30 years old"
"I've had about all I can stand"
"we meet about once a month"
"some forty people came"
"weighs around a hundred pounds"
"roughly $3,000"
"holds 3 gallons, more or less"
"20 or so people were at the party"
Of a measurement: approximately, roughly.
A certain number, at least two.
A certain proportion of, at least two.
The word "some" comes from Middle English and Old English, where it originally meant "a certain one." Its roots trace back to ancient Indo-European languages, which used similar forms to mean "one" or "whole."