нуэййт

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *noajtē, from Proto-Uralic *nojta. Cognates include Finnish noita (“witch”) and Northern Sami noaidi.

Noun

нуэййт (nuejjt)

  1. shaman
  2. sorcerer, wizard

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Russian: нойд (nojd), но́йда (nójda) (from но̄ййт (nōjjt)))

Further reading
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • G. M. Kert (1986) V. V. Vinokurova, E. N. Samojlova, editors, Словарь саамско-русский и русско-саамский [Sámi-Russian and Russian-Sámi dictionary], Ленинград: Просвещение
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 283
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