нуэййт

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• но̄ййт (nōjjt)

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

• нуэййтвудт (nuejjtvudt)
• нуэййтэй (nuejjtej)

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^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 283