You can make 15 words from lama according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 4 letters words made out of lama
lama alma lmaa mlaa amla mala laam alam laam alam aalm aalm lmaa mlaa lama alma mala amla amal maal aaml aaml maal amal
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word lama. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in lama.
Definitions and meaning of lama
lama
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlɑː.mə/
Rhymes: -ɑːmə
Homophone: llama
Etymology 1
From Tibetanབླ་མ(bla ma).
Noun
lama (plurallamas)
A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
Related terms
lamaism, lamaistic
lamasery
Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama, Tashi Lama
Translations
Further reading
lama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Noun
lama (plurallamas)
Alternative form of llama
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Spanishlama(“lamé”)
Noun
lama (plurallamas)
(obsolete) lamé (fabric with silver or gold threads woven in)
Anagrams
Alam, Alma, Amal, alma, amla, laam
Blagar
Noun
lama
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
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 Frenchlame. Cognates include Italianlama.
Noun
lamaf (plurallame)
blade
Etymology 2
From Tibetanབླ་མ(bla ma).
Noun
lamam
(Tibetan Buddhism) lama (religious person)
Related terms
Dalaï Lama
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Spanishllama, from Quechuallama.
Noun
lamaf (plurallame)
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
lamaf
llama
Declension
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
láma
Noun
lamam anim
(Buddhism) lama
Declension
Further reading
lama in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
lama in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlaː.maː/
Hyphenation: la‧ma
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanishllama, from Quechuallama.
Noun
lamam (plurallama's, diminutivelamaatjen)
llama, Lama glama
Synonym:schaapkameel
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Tibetanབླ་མ(bla ma). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
lamam (plurallama's, diminutivelamaatjen)
Buddhist lama
Derived terms
dalai lama
lamaïsme
Etymology 3
Interjection
lama
(informal, Internet slang, text messaging)Abbreviation of laat maar(“never mind”).
Alternative forms
lm
Anagrams
maal
Esperanto
Etymology
From Englishlame and Germanlahm.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈlama]
Rhymes: -ama
Hyphenation: la‧ma
Adjective
lama (accusative singularlaman, plurallamaj, accusative plurallamajn)
lame (unable to walk properly)
Derived terms
lame
lameco
lami
Related terms
kripla
Faroese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanishllama, from Quechuallama.
Noun
lamaf (genitive singularlamu, plurallamur)
llama
Declension
Finnish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic*lama (compare Estonianlamama(“to lie down”), Ludianlama, Voticlama), borrowed from Proto-Germanic*lamaz(“lame, withered; defective”). Alternatively related to Mokshaлама(lama) and Erzyaламо(lamo, “many”), although the semantic shift is problematic.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlɑmɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝mɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
Syllabification(key): la‧ma
Noun
lama
(economics) depression
paralysis, depression (state of being inable to act)
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][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
Etymology 2
From Tibetanབླ་མ(bla ma).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlɑ(ː)mɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝(ː)mɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
Syllabification(key): la‧ma
Noun
lama
(Buddhism) lama
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
“2. lama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (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 Spanishllama, from Quechuallama.
Noun
lamam (plurallamas)
llama
Etymology 2
From Tibetanབླ་མ(bla ma).
Noun
lamam (plurallamas)
(Buddhism)lama
Etymology 3
Inflected forms.
Verb
lama
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-Portugueselama (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from Latinlāma(“marshy place, bog”), or from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia but having the same ultimate origin.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈlamɐ]
Noun
lamaf (plurallamas)
mud
(proverb)
Synonyms:bullo, lodo, trollo
wet meadow; marsh; slough
Synonyms:bulleiro, lameiro, lamela
Derived terms
Lama
Lamaboa
Lamagrande
Lamalonga
Lamamá
Lamas
Related terms
References
“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.
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian*rama, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*damaR (compare Maorirama(“torch”), Malaydamar(“resin, torch”)).
Noun
lama
torch
light
Derived terms
malama
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian*lama(“old, former”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lamaʔ/
Hyphenation: la‧ma
Rhymes: -maʔ
Adjective
lama
long(duration of time)
old(inanimate object)
old(something from the distant past)
Icelandic
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlaːma/
Rhymes: -aːma
Verb
lama (weak verb, third-person singular past indicativelamaði, supinelamað)
to lame, cripple
Conjugation
Adjective
lama (invariable)
lame
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malaylama, from Proto-Austronesian*lama.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈla.ma/
Hyphenation: la‧ma
Rhymes: -ma, -a
Adjective
lama
long: having great duration; seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
Synonym:panjang
duration
Synonym:durasi
ancient
Synonym:kuno
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 Frenchlame, from Latinlāmina. Doublet of lamina.
Noun
lamaf (plurallame)
blade (of a razor or sword)
(figurative) swordsman/swordswoman
Derived terms
lametta
Related terms
spada
spadaccino
Etymology 2
From Tibetanབླ་མ(bla ma).
Noun
lamam (invariable)
lama (religious person)
Related terms
lamasseria
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Spanishllama, from Quechuallama.
Noun
lamam (invariable)
llama
Etymology 4
From Latinlāma.
Noun
lamaf (plurallame)
bog, fen
Anagrams
alma
Javanese
Etymology
From Old Javaneselama.
Adjective
lama
old
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polishlama.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlama/
Hyphenation: la‧ma
Noun
lamaf
llama (Lama glama)
References
Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “lama”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[4]
Laboya
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈlamːa]
Noun
lama
tongue
References
Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “lama”, in Lamboya word list[5], Leiden: LexiRumah
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly cognate to Lithuanianlomà(“hollow, valley”), Latvianlãma(“hollow, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European*leh₂-mo-. Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European*lókus (source of Latinlacus) via earlier *lacma or *lacsma.
Noun
lāmaf (genitivelāmae); first declension
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
“lama” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*lama₂”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Maranao
Noun
lama
field
yard
lawn
playground
References
A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Northern Puebla Nahuatl
Etymology
C.f. Classical Nahuatlilama(“old woman”).
Noun
lama
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)[6] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 72
“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, 2024
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Spanishllama, from Quechuallama.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /làːma/
Noun
lámaf
llama (South Americal mammal of the camel family, Llama glama)
Inflection
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Tibetanབླ་མ(bla ma).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /làːma/
Noun
lámam anim
lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)
Inflection
Further reading
“lama”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlama/[ˈla.ma]
Rhymes: -ama
Syllabification: la‧ma
Etymology 1
From Latinlama.
Noun
lamaf (plurallamas)
slime, mud
fine sand
(Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico) moss
Related terms
See also
babaf
cienom
Etymology 2
From Tibetanབླ་མ(bla ma).
Noun
lamam (plurallamas)
(Buddhism)lama(master of Tibetan Buddhism)
Etymology 3
Verb
lama
inflection of lamer:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Further reading
“lama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
From Englishllama, from Spanishllama, from Quechuallama.
Noun
lamam (plurallamaod, not mutable)
llama
Etymology 2
From Englishlama from Tibetanབླ་མ(bla ma).
Noun
lamam (plurallamaod, not mutable)
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 Tibetanབླ་མ(bla ma).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [lɑmɑ]
Noun
lama
lama
Synonym:alak
References
Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[7], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN