šamána

See also: samaṇa and Samaná

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian sjaman.

Noun

šamána

1. shaman

Inflection

Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative	šamána
Genitive	šamána
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	šamána	šamánat
Accusative	šamána	šamánaid
Genitive	šamána	šamánaid
Illative	šamánii	šamánaide
Locative	šamánas	šamánain
Comitative	šamánain	šamánaiguin
Essive	šamánan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person šamánan šamáname šamánamet 2nd person šamánat šamánade šamánadet 3rd person šamánas šamánaska šamánaset

Related terms

• šamanisma

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland