noita

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoi̯tɑ/,
• Rhymes: -oitɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): noi‧ta

From Proto-Finnic *noita (“shaman”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *nojta.^[1] Cognates include Estonian nõid and Northern Sami noaidi (“shaman”).

noita

1. witch (person who uses magic)
   1. witch, hag (an older, and stereotypically unsightly, woman who uses magic)

      Synonym: noita-akka

2. a person, such as a sage or shaman, with perceived supernatural powers

Originally a neutral or even a positive word, the word acquired a generally negative connotation as a result of introduction of Christianity (due to its pagan connotations). The word is not necessarily negative, however.

or (archaic)

• “noita”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

noita

1. (demonstrative) partitive plural of nuo

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

• Tonia, anoit, antoi, intoa, nitoa, otain, otina, taion, taoin

From Proto-Finnic *noita. Cognates include Finnish noita and Estonian nõid.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnoi̯tɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnoi̯tɑ/,
• Rhymes: -oi̯t, -oi̯tɑ
• Hyphenation: noi‧ta

noita

1. shaman, wizard, witch (person skilled in magic)

• Noijat could be both good (shamans or wizards, who helped the community) or bad (witches or sorcerers, who used their magic for evil). Villagepeople would traditionally often come to good noijat with gifts in order to be healed rather than resorting to medicine.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnoi̯tɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnoi̯tɑ/,
• Rhymes: -oi̯t, -oi̯tɑ
• Hyphenation: noi‧ta

noita

1. partitive plural of noo

noita

1. partitive plural of noo

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “найда ”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 703
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 344

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoi̯tɑ/
• Hyphenation: noi‧ta

From Proto-Finnic *noita. Cognates include Finnish noita and Veps noid.

noita (genitive noijan, partitive noitua)

1. (North Karelian) witch, shaman

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noita

1. (North Karelian) partitive plural of nuo

noita

1. (North Karelian) partitive plural of nuo

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “noita”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN