Ku dhammee weedhan soo socda: Sida ku cad "Oxford English Dictionary", shaman (ama) waa qof loo arko inuu galo, uuna saameyn ku yeesho, adduunka ruuxa samafalka iyo ruuxa xun, oo sida caadiga ah u gala xaalad farxad leh inta lagu guda jiro caadada, oo ku dhaqma saadaalinta iyo bogsashada. Ereyga "shaman" waxaa laga yaaba inuu ka yimid luqada Tungusic ee Evenki ee Waqooyiga Aasiya. Sida laga soo xigtay ethnolinguist Juha Janhunen, "ereyga waxaa lagu caddeeyay dhammaan luqadaha Tungusic" sida Negidal, Lamut, Udehe / Orochi, Nanai, Ilcha, Orok, Manchu iyo Ulcha, iyo "waxba uma muuqdaan inay ka hor imaanayaan mala-awaalka ah in macnaha'shaman' sidoo kale uu ka soo jeedo Proto-Tungusic" oo laga yaabo inay leeyihiin xididdo soo noqnoqda ugu yaraan laba kun oo sano. Ereyga waxaa loo soo bandhigay galbeedka kadib markii ciidamada Ruushka
wuxuu qabsaday hanaddii shaamanka ee Kazan sanadkii 1552.