xaman

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schamane, from Russian шама́н (šamán), from Evenki шама̄н (şamān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃəˈman]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃaˈman]

Noun

xaman m or f by sense (plural xamans)

1. shaman

Related terms

• xamànic
• xamanisme

Further reading

• “xaman” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Volapük

Noun

xaman (nominative plural xamans)

1. examiner

Declension

Declension of xaman

	singular	plural
nominative	xaman	xamans
genitive	xamana	xamanas
dative	xamane	xamanes
accusative	xamani	xamanis
vocative 1	o xaman!	o xamans!
predicative 2	xamanu	xamanus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only