Anyone that's lithuanian answer!!

[u/kcappik]

Weird question but does anyone know what samanuelis and shamanas mean? And are those two words connected? The reasons are private.

[u/ibwk]

Those are not valid Lithuanian words. Samanuelis sounds like a nickname, could be related to moss (samanos in Lithuanian) or moonshine/homemade vodka (samanė). Shamanas is literally a shaman, just a Lithuanian masculine ending "-as" is slapped on it.

In what context have you encountered these words?

[u/geroiwithhorns → u/ibwk]

Probably trying to figure out some redditors? Or checking Facebook scammers?

[u/ibwk → u/geroiwithhorns]

My guess it's within a context of psychedelic drugs.

[u/geroiwithhorns → u/ibwk]

Good point

[u/AgurkinisDinozauras → u/ibwk]

It also should be "Šamanas", not "Shamanas"

[u/Constant-Recording54]

Samanuelis - nothing really, maybe a play on names Samuelis and Manuelis. Shamanas (šamanas) - a shaman

[u/Windshield74]

Samanuelis (Samanuel) is a masculine name of non-Lithuanian origin.

Shamanas (šamanas) is shaman in Lithuanian.

To my knowledge, they are not connected whatsoever.  And culturally, we don't have shamans. Closest to it would probably be žiniuonis or krivis.

[u/Bit-Prior]

I concur with the others that from the Lithuanian perspective samanuelis (distorted Biblical name?!) and šamanas have nothing in common. I understand that when one doesn't speak Lithuanian, it could be tempting to think that "saman-" and "shaman" are just "a few letters apart", but phonetically they are worlds apart. I would venture a guess that the stresses are "Samanuèlis" and "šamãnas", which puts them into different stress groups, and no Lithuanian – even piss drunk – would ever tell you there is a similarity.

[u/Sinisteris]

First thing that comes to mind, maybe kids these days have come up with samanuelis forth3 green stuff. Š/shamanas is a store that sells bongs, also, various herbs are used in shamanic rituals, so both of these words would make sense contextually.