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Definitions and meaning of lama

lama

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑː.mə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːmə
  • Homophone: llama

Etymology 1

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama (plural lamas)

  1. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • lamaism, lamaistic
  • lamasery
  • Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama, Tashi Lama
  • lamani
Translations

Further reading

  • lama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

lama (plural lamas)

  1. Alternative form of llama.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish lama (“lamé”).

Noun

lama (plural lamas)

  1. (obsolete) lamé (fabric with silver or gold threads woven in)

Anagrams

  • amla, ALMA, alma, Alam, Amal, laam, Alma, mala

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lama/ [la.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama, -a
  • Hyphenation: la‧ma

Etymology 1

From Latin flamma.

Noun

lama inan

  1. (Northern) flame
    Synonym: sugar
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lama, ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama anim

  1. lama
Declension
Related terms

Further reading

  • “lama”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “lama”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Blagar

Noun

lama

  1. plate

References

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

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lama

  1. old (age of non-living things)

Antonyms

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

Coordinate terms

  • (age): tua (“old”) (living things)

Corsican

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlama/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French lame. Cognates include Italian lama.

Noun

lama f (plural lame)

  1. blade

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama m

  1. (Tibetan Buddhism) lama (religious person)
Related terms
  • Dalaï Lama

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama f (plural lame)

  1. llama (Lama glama)

References

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

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

lama f

  1. llama
Declension

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • láma

Noun

lama m anim

  1. (Buddhism) lama
Declension

Further reading

  • “lama”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “lama”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlæːma]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama (definite singular lamaen, or (2 definition) lamaet, indefinite plural lamaer, definite plural lamaerne)

  1. llama, Lama glama
  2. textile fabric made from wool of lamas
Inflection

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama c (singular definite lamaen, plural indefinite lamaer)

  1. Buddhist lama
Inflection
Derived terms
  • lamaisme
  • lamaistisk

Further reading

  • “lama” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaː.maː/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

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

  1. llama, Lama glama
    Synonym: schaapkameel

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

  1. Buddhist lama
Derived terms
  • dalai lama
  • lamaïsme

Etymology 3

Interjection

lama

  1. (informal, Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of laat maar (“never mind”)
Alternative forms
  • lm

Anagrams

  • maal

Esperanto

Etymology

From English lame and German lahm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlama/
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Hyphenation: la‧ma

Adjective

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

  1. lame (unable to walk properly)

Derived terms

  • lame
  • lameco
  • lami

Related terms

  • kripla

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama f (genitive singular lamu, plural lamur)

  1. llama

Declension

Finnish

Etymology 1

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 Moksha лама (lama) and Erzya ламо (lamo, “many”), although the semantic shift is problematic.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lama

  1. paralysis, depression (state of being inable to act)
  2. (economics) depression
    Coordinate term: taantuma (“recession, downturn”)
Declension
Synonyms
  • (state of being inable to act): depressio, lannistuneisuus, lamaannus, masennus
Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • “1. lama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (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

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lama

  1. (Buddhism) lama
Declension
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “2. lama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (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

Anagrams

  • Alma

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ma/

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

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lama (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from Latin lāma (“marshy place, bog”), or from Paleo-Hispanic but having the same ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlamɐ]

Noun

lama f (plural lamas)

  1. mud
    (proverb)
    Synonyms: bullo, lodo, trollo
  2. wet meadow; marsh; slough
    Synonyms: bulleiro, lameiro, lamela

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lama”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lama”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lama”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lama”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lama”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Noun

lama

  1. torch
  2. light

Derived terms

  • lamalama
  • malama

Further reading

  • lama in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Iban

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lama

  1. long (duration of time)
  2. old (inanimate object)
  3. old (something from the distant past)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːma/
  • Rhymes: -aːma

Etymology 1

Verb

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

  1. to lame, cripple
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Adjective

lama (indeclinable)

  1. lame

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lama, from Proto-Austronesian *lama.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lama (comparative lebih lama, superlative paling 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

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lama f (plural lame)

  1. blade (of a razor or sword)
  2. (figurative) swordsman/swordswoman
Derived terms
  • lametta
Related terms
  • spada
  • spadaccino

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama m (invariable)

  1. lama (religious person)
Related terms
  • lamasseria

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama m (invariable)

  1. llama

Etymology 4

From Latin lāma.

Noun

lama f (plural lame)

  1. bog, fen

Anagrams

  • alma

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese lama.

Adjective

lama

  1. old

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish lama.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lama f

  1. llama (Lama glama)

References

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “lama”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[3]

Laboya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlamːa]

Noun

lama

  1. tongue

References

  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “lama”, in Lamboya word list‎[4], Leiden: LexiRumah

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly cognate to Lithuanian lomà (“hollow, valley”), Latvian lãma (“hollow, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-mo-. Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (source of Latin lacus) via earlier *lacma or *lacsma.

Noun

lāma f (genitive lāmae); first declension

  1. slough, bog, fen

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

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

References

Further reading

  • “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

Latvian

Noun

lama f (4th declension)

  1. llama

Declension

Noun

lama m (4th declension)

  1. lama

Declension

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lama (Jawi spelling لاما)

  1. long (duration of time)
  2. old (inanimate object)
  3. old (something from the distant past)

Derived terms

See also

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

Noun

lama (Jawi spelling لاما, plural lama-lama)

  1. lama

Further reading

  • “lama” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lama₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Maranao

Noun

lama

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

References

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

Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

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

Noun

lama

  1. female

Derived terms

  • lamahchichi
  • lamahtotoli
  • lamatzin

References

  • 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)‎[5] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 72

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlama/

Verb

lama

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama.

Noun

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

  1. a llama (South American mammal)

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

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

  1. a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama.

Noun

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

  1. a llama (South American mammal)

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

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

  1. a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

References

  • “lama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.mɑ/

Adjective

lama

  1. lame
  2. (substantive) a lame person
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:10-11

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: lame
    • Geordie English: lyem
    • Scots: lame
    • English: lame

Old Javanese

Adjective

lama

  1. old

Oromo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma. Compare Afar nammay, Hadiyya lamo, Rendille lama and Somali laba, Kambaata lámo.

Pronunciation

Numeral

lama

  1. two

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

  • laman (alternative spelling)

Etymology

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

Compare Nahuatl láma̱r.

Noun

lama

  1. sea
  2. ocean
  3. beach

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Lama.

Noun

lama f

  1. llama (Lama glama)
Declension
Descendants
  • → Kashubian: lama

Etymology 2

Internationalism; compare English lama, French lama, German Lama, ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama m pers

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French lamé.

Noun

lama f

  1. lamé (fabric)
Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
  • Hyphenation: la‧ma

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lama f (plural lamas)

  1. mud (soil and water)
    Synonyms: barro, lodo
Derived terms
  • lama vermelha
  • enlamear
  • arrastar pela lama
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 (plural lamas)

  1. European Portuguese standard form of lhama

Further reading

  • lama on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt

Romanian

Etymology

From French lama.

Noun

lama m (uncountable)

  1. lama

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlama]

Noun

lama f (relational adjective lamí)

  1. (zoology) llama

Declension

References

  • “lama”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /làːma/

Noun

láma f

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

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /làːma/

Noun

láma m anim

  1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)
Declension

Further reading

  • “lama”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin lama.

Noun

lama f (plural lamas)

  1. slime, mud
  2. fine sand
  3. (Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico) moss
Related terms
See also
  • baba f
  • cieno m

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama m (plural lamas)

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

Etymology 3

Verb

lama

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

Further reading

  • “lama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.mɑ/

Noun

lama class IX (plural lama class X)

  1. llama (camelid animal)

See also

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

Swedish

Adjective

lama

  1. inflection of lam:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Noun

lama c

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

Declension

References

  • lama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

  • Alma

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama (definite accusative lamayı, plural lamalar)

  1. llama, Lama glama

Etymology

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama (definite accusative lamayı, plural lamalar)

  1. lama, a master of Tibetan Buddhism

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lama m (plural lamaod, not mutable)

  1. llama

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lama m (plural lamaod, not mutable)

  1. lama

Further reading

  • 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

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɑmɑ]

Noun

lama

  1. lama
    Synonym: alak

References

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎[6], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

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