lama

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː.mə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːmə
• Homophone: llama

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

lama (plural lamas)

1. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

• lamaism, lamaistic
• lamasery
• Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama

• lama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

lama (plural lamas)

1. Alternative form of llama

• Alam, Alma, Amal, alma, amla, laam

lama

1. plate

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 174

• IPA^(key): /lama/
• Hyphenation: la‧ma

lama

1. old (age of non-living things)

   buku lama

   old book

• (age): baru (“new”) (non-living things)

• (age): tua (“old”) (living things)

• IPA^(key): /ˈlama/

Borrowed from French lame. Cognates include Italian lama.

lama f (plural lame)

1. blade

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

lama m

1. (Tibetan Buddhism) lama (religious person)

• Dalaï Lama

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

lama f (plural lame)

1. llama (Lama glama)

• “lama” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

• IPA^(key): [ˈlama]
• Hyphenation: la‧ma

lama f

1. llama

• lama in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• lama in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.maː/

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• Hyphenation: la‧ma

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

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

1. llama, Lama glama

   Synonym: schaapkameel

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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

1. Buddhist lama

• dalai lama
• lamaïsme

Portmanteau of laat maar.

lama

1. (informal) never mind, forget it

• maal

From English lame and German lahm.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlama]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Hyphenation: la‧ma

lama (accusative singular laman, plural lamaj, accusative plural lamajn)

1. lame (unable to walk properly)

• lame
• lameco
• lami

• kripla

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

lama f (genitive singular lamu, plural lamur)

1. llama

From Proto-Finnic *lama (compare Estonian lamama (“to lie down”), Ludian lama, Votic lama), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame, withered; defective”). Alternatively related to Erzya ламо (lamo, “many”), although the semantic shift is problematic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmɑ/, [ˈlɑmɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): la‧ma

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.

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

• lamakausi
• lamatila

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ(ː)mɑ/, [ˈlɑ(ː)mɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): la‧ma

lama

1. (Buddhism) lama

• lamaismi
• lamalainen
• lamalaisuus

• Alma

• IPA^(key): /la.ma/

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

lama m (plural lamas)

1. llama

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

lama m (plural lamas)

1. (Buddhism) lama

Inflected forms.

lama

1. third-person singular past historic of lamer

• “lama”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese lama (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from Latin lāma (“marshy place, bog”), or from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia [Term?] but having the same ultimate origin.[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈlamɐ]

lama f (plural lamas)

1. mud

   Onde moitos cuspen, lama fan.

   Where many people spit, they make mud.

   (proverb)

   Synonyms: bullo, lodo, trollo

2. wet meadow; marsh; slough

   Synonyms: bulleiro, lameiro, lamela

• Lama
• Lamaboa
• Lamagrande
• Lamalonga
• Lamamá
• Lamas

• “lama” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “lama” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “lama” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lama” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lama” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

lama

1. torch
2. light

From Proto-Austronesian *lama (“old, former”).

• IPA^(key): /lamaʔ/
• Hyphenation: la‧ma
• Rhymes: -maʔ

lama

1. long (duration of time)

   Lama amai Bunyau nyalin baju!

   It's taking so long for Bunyau to put on his clothes!

2. old (inanimate object)

   Utai lama

   Old stuff

3. old (something from the distant past)

   Kesultanan Sarawak lama

   The old Sarawak Sultanate

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːma/
• Rhymes: -aːma

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

1. to lame, cripple

lama (invariable)

1. lame

From Malay lama, from Proto-Austronesian *lama.

• IPA^(key): /la.ma/
• Hyphenation: la‧ma
• Rhymes: -ma, -a

lama

1. long: having great duration; seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.

   Synonym: panjang

2. duration

   Synonym: durasi

3. ancient

   Synonym: kuno

4. old

   Synonyms: butut, tua

• “lama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ma/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Hyphenation: là‧ma

Borrowed from French lame, from Latin lāmina. Doublet of lamina.

lama f (plural lame)

1. blade (of a razor or sword)

• lametta

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

lama m (invariable)

1. lama (religious person)

• lamasseria

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

lama m (invariable)

1. llama

From Latin lāma.

lama f (plural lame)

1. bog, fen

• alma

From Old Javanese lama.

lama

1. old

Borrowed from Polish lama.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlama/
• Hyphenation: la‧ma

lama f

1. llama (Lama glama)

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “lama”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi

• IPA^(key): [ˈlamːa]

lama

1. tongue

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “lama”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah

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

lāma f (genitive lāmae); first declension

1. slough, bog, fen

First-declension noun.

• Asturian: llama
• Galician: lama
• Italian: lama
• Portuguese: lama
• Spanish: lama

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “lama”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

lama f (4th declension)

1. llama

lama m (4th declension)

1. lama

From Proto-Austronesian *lama (“old, former”).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /lamə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /lama/
• Rhymes: -amə, -mə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

lama (Jawi spelling لاما‎)

1. long (duration of time)

   Lamanya Agus tukar baju!

   It's taking so long for Agus to change his clothes!

2. old (inanimate object)

   Barang lama

   Old stuff

3. old (something from the distant past)

   Kesultanan Melayu Melaka lama

   The old Malacca Sultanate

• panjang (“long in length”)
• tua (“old in age”)

lama (Jawi spelling لاما‎, plural lama-lama, informal 1st possessive lamaku, 2nd possessive lamamu, 3rd possessive lamanya)

1. lama

• “lama” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

lama

1. field
2. yard
3. lawn
4. playground

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

C.f. Classical Nahuatl ilama (“old woman”).

lama

1. female

• lamahchichi
• lamahtotoli
• lamatzin

• Brockway, Earl; Hershey de Brockway, Trudy; Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)‎ (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 72

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlama/

lama

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

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama (sense 1)
From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma) (sense 2).

lama m (definite singular lamaen, indefinite plural lamaer, definite plural lamaene)

1. a llama (South American mammal)
2. a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

• “lama” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “lama_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “lama_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama (sense 1)
From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma) (sense 2).

lama m (definite singular lamaen, indefinite plural lamaer or lamaar, definite plural lamaene or lamaane)

1. a llama (South American mammal)
2. a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

• “lama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.mɑ/

lama

1. lame

• Middle English: lame
  • Scots: lame
  • English: lame

lama

1. old

From Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma. Cognates include Afar nammay, Hadiyya lamo, Rendille lama and Somali laba, Kambaata lámo.

lama

1. two

• laman (alternative spelling)

From Spanish la mar and Portuguese mar and Portuguese lama ("mire") and Kabuverdianu már.

Compare Nahuatl láma̱r.

lama

1. sea
2. ocean
3. beach

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: la‧ma

lama (#1)

From Spanish llama, from Quechua.

lama f

1. llama (camelid)

• → Kashubian: lama

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

lama m pers

1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

From French lame.

lama f

1. lamé (fabric)

• lama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
• Hyphenation: la‧ma

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

lama f (plural lamas)

1. mud (soil and water)

   Synonyms: barro, lodo

• lama vermelha

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma, “lama”).

lama m (plural lamas)

1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

lama m or f (plural lamas)

1. Portugal form of lhama

• lama on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

From French lama.

lama m (uncountable)

1. lama

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫama/

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

1. (zoology) llama

• lamí

• lama in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

• IPA^(key): /làːma/

láma f

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

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

• IPA^(key): /làːma/

láma m anim

1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

• “lama”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

• IPA^(key): /ˈlama/ [ˈla.ma]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: la‧ma

From Latin lama.

lama f (plural lamas)

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

• lamedal
• lamero

• baba f
• cieno m

From Tibetan.

lama m (plural lamas)

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

lama

1. inflection of lamer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “lama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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lama (n class, plural lama)

1. llama (camelid animal)

(Camelids) Camelidae: ngamia na jamaa; ngamia (“camel”) or jamali, lama (“llama”), - (“guanaco”), alpaka (“alpaca”), - (“vicuña”) ^{(Category: sw:Camelids) [edit]}

lama

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of lam.

lama c

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

• lama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• Alma

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈlama/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈlaːma/, /ˈlama/

From English llama, from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

lama m (plural lamaod, not mutable)

1. llama

From English llama from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

lama m (plural lamaod, not mutable)

1. lama

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lama”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

• IPA^(key): [lɑmɑ]

lama

1. lama

   Synonym: alak

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN