1º_ Camán is a common name of the shrub Retanilla ephedra. It has Quechua origin by camay ("producer, fruiting"). See retamilla, coquillo, frutilla del campo. 2º_ It is an ancient version of "shaman", which is taken from Sanskrit 2358; 2381; 2352; 2350; 23'' 2366; ( sramana "who strives") . 3º_ Old name for a bivalve also known as "exotic bucarda". 4º_ Camán is a community in Valdivia (Los Ríos region, Chile).
CAMÁN its oldest origin comes from the Sanskrit sramana which means ascetic. He was assigned to a magical priest or cleric and also a physician in the Indian populations, perhaps from which the shaman derived. 2 . surname of Mapuche origin 3 . Also from the Irish and the various versions of Gaelic caman and camamé, which can be translated (remotely) as 'crippled, balded'. 4 . In the English dictionary caman is a stick with which the ball is hit.
