Translingual

Proper noun

Lama f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Camelidae – the llama and the guanaco.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Animalia - kingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Artiodactyla - order; Tylopoda - suborder; Camelidae - family; Lamini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lama glama, Lama guanicoe - species

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaːma]

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

Lama n ‎(genitive Lamas, plural Lamas)

1. llama

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ ‎(bla ma).

Noun

Lama m ‎(genitive Lamas, plural Lamas)

1. lama

English

a lama

Noun

lama ‎(plural lamas)

1. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

Related terms

• lamasery
• Dalai Lama
• Panchen Lama

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lama ‎(plural lamas)

1. Alternative form of llama

External links

• lama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• alma, Alma
• mala

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧ma

Noun

lama m ‎(plural lama's, diminutive lamaatje n)

1. Buddhist lama
2. llama

Anagrams

• maal

Faroese

Etymology

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama f (genitive singular lamu, plural lamur)

1. llama

Declension

Finnish

Declension

Etymology 1

Noun

lama

1. (economics) depression

   Talous on lamassa.‎

   The economy is in a depression.

2. paralysis, depression (state of being inable to act)

   Hallituksen päätöksenteko on lamassa.‎

   Government's decisionmaking is in a paralysis.

Synonyms

• (state of being inable to act): depressio, lannistuneisuus, lamaannus, masennus

Derived terms

Compounds

• lamakausi
• lamatila

Etymology 2

Noun

lama

1. (Buddhism) lama

Derived terms

• lamaismi
• lamalainen
• lamalaisuus

Anagrams

• Alma

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lama/

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama m ‎(plural lamas)

1. llama

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ ‎(bla ma).

Noun

lama m ‎(plural lamas)

1. (Buddhism) lama

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

lama

1. third-person singular past historic of lamer

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rama, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Maori rama ‎(“torch”), Malay damar ‎(“resin, torch”)).

Noun

lama

1. torch
2. light

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːma/
• Rhymes: -aːma

Verb

lama ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lamaði, supine lamað)

1. to lame, cripple

Conjugation

Adjective

lama ‎(invariable)

1. lame

Indonesian

Adjective

lama

1. long

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ma/, [ˈl̺äːmä]
• Hyphenation: là‧ma

Etymology 1

From French lame, from Latin lāmina.

Noun

lama f ‎(plural lame)

1. blade (of a razor or sword)

Derived terms

• lametta

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ ‎(bla ma).

Noun

lama m ‎(invariable)

1. lama (religious person)

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama m ‎(plural lami)

1. llama

Etymology 4

From Latin lāma.

Noun

lama f ‎(plural lame)

1. bog, fen

Anagrams

• alma
• mala

Latin

Etymology

For *lacma, from Proto-Indo-European *lak-. Cognate with Latin lacus.

Noun

lāma f ‎(genitive lāmae); first declension

1. slough, bog, fen

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Italian: lama
• Portuguese: lama

References

• lama in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lama in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LAMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lama”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• lama in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Noun

lama f (4th declension)

1. llama

Declension

Noun

lama m (4th declension)

1. lama

Declension

Malay

Adjective

lama

1. long

See also

• panjang

Northern Sami

Verb

lama

1. inflection of lapmat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Novial

Noun

lama ‎(plural lamas)

1. llama

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

Adjective

lama

1. lame

Papiamentu

Noun

lama

1. Alternative form of laman

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlama/

Etymology 1

lama (#1)

From Spanish llama, from Quechua

Noun

lama f

1. llama

Declension

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ ‎(bla ma)

Noun

lama m pers

1. lama

Declension

Etymology 3

From French lame.

Noun

lama f

1. lamé (fabric)

Declension

Portuguese

lama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɐ.mɐ/
• Rhymes: -ama

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese lama, from Latin lāma ‎(“swamp”).

Noun

lama f (uncountable)

1. mud (soil and water)

Synonyms

• (mud): barro, lodo

Derived terms

• lama vermelha

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ ‎(bla ma, “lama”).

Noun

lama m (plural lamas)

1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

Etymology 3

Noun

lama m or f (in variation) (plural lamas)

1. Alternative form of lhama

Slovak

Etymology

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama f ‎(genitive singular lamy, nominative plural lamy, declension pattern of žena)

1. (zoology) llama

Declension

Derived terms

• lamí

References

• lama in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlàːma/
• Tonal orthography: láma

Noun

láma f ‎(genitive láme, nominative plural láme)

1. llama (South Americal mammal of the camel family, Llama glama)

Declension

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ ‎(bla ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlàːma/
• Tonal orthography: láma

Noun

láma m anim ‎(genitive láme, nominative plural láme)

1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin lama.

Noun

lama f ‎(plural lamas)

1. slime, mud
2. fine sand
3. (Chile, Colombia, Costa Rico, Mexico) moss

Related terms

• lamedal
• lamero

See also

• baba f
• cieno m

Etymology 2

From Tibetan

Noun

lama m ‎(plural lamas)

1. (Buddhism) lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

Etymology 3

Verb

lama

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lamer.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lamer.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lamer.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of lamer.

Swedish

Adjective

lama

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of lam.

Noun

lama c

1. lama; a monk
2. (animal) llama

Declension

References

• lama in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)