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lama

See also: -lama, La Mã, Lama, lamâ, lamä, lamă, lamą, láma, lāma, and lǎma

English edit

 
a lama

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun edit

lama (plural lamas)

  1. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
Related terms edit
Translations edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

lama (plural lamas)

  1. Alternative form of llama

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Spanish lama (“lamé”)

Noun edit

lama (plural lamas)

  1. (obsolete) lamé (fabric with silver or gold threads woven in)
    • 1816, William Hone, Hone’s authentic account of the Royal Marriage, page 38:
      The Wedding Dress, composed of a most magnificent silver lama, on net, over a rich silver tissue slip, with a superb border of silver lama embroidery at the bottom, forming shells and bouquets; above the border a most elegant falling, tastefully designed, in festoons of rich silver lama, and finished with a very brilliant roleau[sic] of lama.

Anagrams edit

Blagar edit

Noun edit

lama

  1. plate

References edit

Brunei Malay edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

lama

  1. old (age of non-living things)
    buku lama
    old book

Antonyms edit

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

Coordinate terms edit

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

Corsican edit

 
Lame (1) di cultelli.
 
U Dalaï Lama, unu lama (2).
 
Una lama (3).

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French lame. Cognates include Italian lama.

Noun edit

lama f (plural lame)

  1. blade

Etymology 2 edit

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun edit

lama m

  1. (Tibetan Buddhism) lama (religious person)
Related terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun edit

lama f (plural lame)

  1. llama (Lama glama)

References edit

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

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Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

lama f

  1. llama
Declension edit
Declension of lama (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative lama lamy
genitive lamy lam
dative lamě lamám
accusative lamu lamy
vocative lamo lamy
locative lamě lamách
instrumental lamou lamami

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

lama m anim

  1. (Buddhism) lama
Declension edit
Declension of lama (masculine animate in -a)
singular plural
nominative lama lamové
genitive lamy lamů
dative lamovi lamům
accusative lamu lamy
vocative lamo lamové
locative lamovi lamech
instrumental lamou lamy

Further reading edit

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

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun edit

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

  1. llama, Lama glama
    Synonym: schaapkameel

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. Buddhist lama
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Interjection edit

lama

  1. (informal, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of laat maar (“never mind”).
Alternative forms edit

Anagrams edit

Esperanto edit

 
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Etymology edit

From English lame and German lahm.

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

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

  1. lame (unable to walk properly)

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun edit

lama f (genitive singular lamu, plural lamur)

  1. llama

Declension edit

Declension of lama
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lama laman lamur lamurnar
accusative lamu lamuna lamur lamurnar
dative lamu lamuni lamum lamunum
genitive lamu lamunnar lama lamanna

Finnish edit

Etymology 1 edit

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”),[1] although the semantic shift is problematic.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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.
Declension edit
Inflection of lama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative lama lamat
genitive laman lamojen
partitive lamaa lamoja
illative lamaan lamoihin
singular plural
nominative lama lamat
accusative nom. lama lamat
gen. laman
genitive laman lamojen
lamainrare
partitive lamaa lamoja
inessive lamassa lamoissa
elative lamasta lamoista
illative lamaan lamoihin
adessive lamalla lamoilla
ablative lamalta lamoilta
allative lamalle lamoille
essive lamana lamoina
translative lamaksi lamoiksi
abessive lamatta lamoitta
instructive — lamoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lamani lamani
accusative nom. lamani lamani
gen. lamani
genitive lamani lamojeni
lamainirare
partitive lamaani lamojani
inessive lamassani lamoissani
elative lamastani lamoistani
illative lamaani lamoihini
adessive lamallani lamoillani
ablative lamaltani lamoiltani
allative lamalleni lamoilleni
essive lamanani lamoinani
translative lamakseni lamoikseni
abessive lamattani lamoittani
instructive — —
comitative — lamoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lamasi lamasi
accusative nom. lamasi lamasi
gen. lamasi
genitive lamasi lamojesi
lamaisirare
partitive lamaasi lamojasi
inessive lamassasi lamoissasi
elative lamastasi lamoistasi
illative lamaasi lamoihisi
adessive lamallasi lamoillasi
ablative lamaltasi lamoiltasi
allative lamallesi lamoillesi
essive lamanasi lamoinasi
translative lamaksesi lamoiksesi
abessive lamattasi lamoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — lamoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lamamme lamamme
accusative nom. lamamme lamamme
gen. lamamme
genitive lamamme lamojemme
lamaimmerare
partitive lamaamme lamojamme
inessive lamassamme lamoissamme
elative lamastamme lamoistamme
illative lamaamme lamoihimme
adessive lamallamme lamoillamme
ablative lamaltamme lamoiltamme
allative lamallemme lamoillemme
essive lamanamme lamoinamme
translative lamaksemme lamoiksemme
abessive lamattamme lamoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — lamoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lamanne lamanne
accusative nom. lamanne lamanne
gen. lamanne
genitive lamanne lamojenne
lamainnerare
partitive lamaanne lamojanne
inessive lamassanne lamoissanne
elative lamastanne lamoistanne
illative lamaanne lamoihinne
adessive lamallanne lamoillanne
ablative lamaltanne lamoiltanne
allative lamallenne lamoillenne
essive lamananne lamoinanne
translative lamaksenne lamoiksenne
abessive lamattanne lamoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — lamoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative lamansa lamansa
accusative nom. lamansa lamansa
gen. lamansa
genitive lamansa lamojensa
lamainsarare
partitive lamaansa lamojaan
lamojansa
inessive lamassaan
lamassansa 		lamoissaan
lamoissansa
elative lamastaan
lamastansa 		lamoistaan
lamoistansa
illative lamaansa lamoihinsa
adessive lamallaan
lamallansa 		lamoillaan
lamoillansa
ablative lamaltaan
lamaltansa 		lamoiltaan
lamoiltansa
allative lamalleen
lamallensa 		lamoilleen
lamoillensa
essive lamanaan
lamanansa 		lamoinaan
lamoinansa
translative lamakseen
lamaksensa 		lamoikseen
lamoiksensa
abessive lamattaan
lamattansa 		lamoittaan
lamoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — lamoineen
lamoinensa
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
compounds

References edit

  1. ^ lama in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

lama

  1. (Buddhism) lama
Declension edit
Inflection of lama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative lama lamat
genitive laman lamojen
partitive lamaa lamoja
illative lamaan lamoihin
singular plural
nominative lama lamat
accusative nom. lama lamat
gen. laman
genitive laman lamojen
lamainrare
partitive lamaa lamoja
inessive lamassa lamoissa
elative lamasta lamoista
illative lamaan lamoihin
adessive lamalla lamoilla
ablative lamalta lamoilta
allative lamalle lamoille
essive lamana lamoina
translative lamaksi lamoiksi
abessive lamatta lamoitta
instructive — lamoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lamani lamani
accusative nom. lamani lamani
gen. lamani
genitive lamani lamojeni
lamainirare
partitive lamaani lamojani
inessive lamassani lamoissani
elative lamastani lamoistani
illative lamaani lamoihini
adessive lamallani lamoillani
ablative lamaltani lamoiltani
allative lamalleni lamoilleni
essive lamanani lamoinani
translative lamakseni lamoikseni
abessive lamattani lamoittani
instructive — —
comitative — lamoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lamasi lamasi
accusative nom. lamasi lamasi
gen. lamasi
genitive lamasi lamojesi
lamaisirare
partitive lamaasi lamojasi
inessive lamassasi lamoissasi
elative lamastasi lamoistasi
illative lamaasi lamoihisi
adessive lamallasi lamoillasi
ablative lamaltasi lamoiltasi
allative lamallesi lamoillesi
essive lamanasi lamoinasi
translative lamaksesi lamoiksesi
abessive lamattasi lamoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — lamoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lamamme lamamme
accusative nom. lamamme lamamme
gen. lamamme
genitive lamamme lamojemme
lamaimmerare
partitive lamaamme lamojamme
inessive lamassamme lamoissamme
elative lamastamme lamoistamme
illative lamaamme lamoihimme
adessive lamallamme lamoillamme
ablative lamaltamme lamoiltamme
allative lamallemme lamoillemme
essive lamanamme lamoinamme
translative lamaksemme lamoiksemme
abessive lamattamme lamoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — lamoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lamanne lamanne
accusative nom. lamanne lamanne
gen. lamanne
genitive lamanne lamojenne
lamainnerare
partitive lamaanne lamojanne
inessive lamassanne lamoissanne
elative lamastanne lamoistanne
illative lamaanne lamoihinne
adessive lamallanne lamoillanne
ablative lamaltanne lamoiltanne
allative lamallenne lamoillenne
essive lamananne lamoinanne
translative lamaksenne lamoiksenne
abessive lamattanne lamoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — lamoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative lamansa lamansa
accusative nom. lamansa lamansa
gen. lamansa
genitive lamansa lamojensa
lamainsarare
partitive lamaansa lamojaan
lamojansa
inessive lamassaan
lamassansa 		lamoissaan
lamoissansa
elative lamastaan
lamastansa 		lamoistaan
lamoistansa
illative lamaansa lamoihinsa
adessive lamallaan
lamallansa 		lamoillaan
lamoillansa
ablative lamaltaan
lamaltansa 		lamoiltaan
lamoiltansa
allative lamalleen
lamallensa 		lamoilleen
lamoillensa
essive lamanaan
lamanansa 		lamoinaan
lamoinansa
translative lamakseen
lamaksensa 		lamoikseen
lamoiksensa
abessive lamattaan
lamattansa 		lamoittaan
lamoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — lamoineen
lamoinensa
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

French edit

 
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Lama 1 Luc Viatour

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun edit

lama m (plural lamas)

  1. llama

Etymology 2 edit

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun edit

lama m (plural lamas)

  1. (Buddhism) lama

Etymology 3 edit

Inflected forms.

Verb edit

lama

  1. third-person singular past historic of lamer

Further reading edit

Galician edit

 
Lama ("mud")

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • “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.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “lama”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Cf. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 324.

Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

lama

  1. torch
  2. light

Derived terms edit

Iban edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to lame, cripple

Conjugation edit

lama — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að lama
supine
(sagnbót) 		lamað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		lamandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég lama við lömum present
(nútíð) 		ég lami við lömum
þú lamar þið lamið þú lamir þið lamið
hann, hún, það lamar þeir, þær, þau lama hann, hún, það lami þeir, þær, þau lami
past
(þátíð) 		ég lamaði við lömuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég lamaði við lömuðum
þú lamaðir þið lömuðuð þú lamaðir þið lömuðuð
hann, hún, það lamaði þeir, þær, þau lömuðu hann, hún, það lamaði þeir, þær, þau lömuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		lama (þú) lamið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
lamaðu lamiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
lamast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að lamast
supine
(sagnbót) 		lamast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		lamandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég lamast við lömumst present
(nútíð) 		ég lamist við lömumst
þú lamast þið lamist þú lamist þið lamist
hann, hún, það lamast þeir, þær, þau lamast hann, hún, það lamist þeir, þær, þau lamist
past
(þátíð) 		ég lamaðist við lömuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég lamaðist við lömuðumst
þú lamaðist þið lömuðust þú lamaðist þið lömuðust
hann, hún, það lamaðist þeir, þær, þau lömuðust hann, hún, það lamaðist þeir, þær, þau lömuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		lamast (þú) lamist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
lamastu lamisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
lamaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		lamaður lömuð lamað lamaðir lamaðar lömuð
accusative
(þolfall) 		lamaðan lamaða lamað lamaða lamaðar lömuð
dative
(þágufall) 		lömuðum lamaðri lömuðu lömuðum lömuðum lömuðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		lamaðs lamaðrar lamaðs lamaðra lamaðra lamaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		lamaði lamaða lamaða lömuðu lömuðu lömuðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		lamaða lömuðu lamaða lömuðu lömuðu lömuðu
dative
(þágufall) 		lamaða lömuðu lamaða lömuðu lömuðu lömuðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		lamaða lömuðu lamaða lömuðu lömuðu lömuðu

Adjective edit

lama (invariable)

  1. lame

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay lama, from Proto-Austronesian *lama.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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 edit

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

lama f (plural lame)

  1. blade (of a razor or sword)
  2. (figurative) swordsman/swordswoman
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun edit

lama m (invariable)

  1. lama (religious person)
Related terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun edit

lama m (invariable)

  1. llama

Etymology 4 edit

From Latin lāma.

Noun edit

lama f (plural lame)

  1. bog, fen

Anagrams edit

Javanese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Javanese lama.

Adjective edit

lama

  1. old

Kashubian edit

 
Lama.

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Polish lama.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

lama f

  1. llama (Lama glama)

References edit

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “lama”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[4]

Laboya edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lama

  1. tongue

References edit

  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “lama”, in Lamboya word list‎[5], Leiden: LexiRumah

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Possibly cognate to Lithuanian lomà (“hollow, valley”), Latvian lãma (“hollow, pool”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-mo-.[2] Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (source of Latin lacus) via earlier *lacma or *lacsma.

Noun edit

lāma f (genitive lāmae); first declension

  1. slough, bog, fen
    • 65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horace, Epistulae 1.13.10:
      vīribus ūtēris per clīvōs, flūmina, lāmās.
    • 239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Annales 568:
      [...] silvārum saltūs latebrās lāmāsque lutōsās [...]

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lāma lāmae
Genitive lāmae lāmārum
Dative lāmae lāmīs
Accusative lāmam lāmās
Ablative lāmā lāmīs
Vocative lāma lāmae

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “lama”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 338
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lāma”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 324

Further reading edit

  • “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 edit

Noun edit

lama f (4th declension)

  1. llama
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Declension edit

Declension of lama (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) lama lamas
accusative (akuzatīvs) lamu lamas
genitive (ģenitīvs) lamas lamu
dative (datīvs) lamai lamām
instrumental (instrumentālis) lamu lamām
locative (lokatīvs) lamā lamās
vocative (vokatīvs) lama lamas

Noun edit

lama m (4th declension)

  1. lama
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Declension edit

Declension of lama (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) lama lamas
accusative (akuzatīvs) lamu lamas
genitive (ģenitīvs) lamas lamu
dative (datīvs) lamam lamām
instrumental (instrumentālis) lamu lamām
locative (lokatīvs) lamā lamās
vocative (vokatīvs) lama lamas

Malay edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

See also edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. lama

Further reading edit

  • “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 edit

Noun edit

lama

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

References edit

Northern Puebla Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

lama

  1. female

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • 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

Northern Sami edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlama/

Verb edit

lama

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

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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 lama (buddhismen) on Norwegian Wikipedia

Etymology 1 edit

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama.

Noun edit

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

  1. a llama (South American mammal)

Etymology 2 edit

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun edit

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

  1. a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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 buddhistisk lama on Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia

Etymology 1 edit

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama.

Noun edit

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

  1. a llama (South American mammal)

Etymology 2 edit

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun edit

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

  1. a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

References edit

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

lama

  1. lame

Declension edit

Declension of lama — Weak only
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lama lame lame
Accusative laman laman lame
Genitive laman laman laman
Dative laman laman laman
Instrumental laman laman laman
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative laman laman laman
Accusative laman laman laman
Genitive lamra, lamena lamra, lamena lamra, lamena
Dative lamum lamum lamum
Instrumental lamum lamum lamum

Descendants edit

Old Javanese edit

Adjective edit

lama

  1. old

Oromo edit

Oromo cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : lama
    Ordinal : lammaffaa

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

lama

  1. two

Papiamentu edit

 

Alternative forms edit

  • laman (alternative spelling)

Etymology edit

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

Compare Nahuatl láma̱r.

Noun edit

lama

  1. sea
  2. ocean
  3. beach

Polish edit

 
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lama

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from German Lama.

Noun edit

lama f

  1. llama (Lama glama)
Declension edit
Declension of lama
singular plural
nominative lama lamy
genitive lamy lam
dative lamie lamom
accusative lamę lamy
instrumental lamą lamami
locative lamie lamach
vocative lamo lamy
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

lama m pers

  1. (Buddhism) lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)
Declension edit
Declension of lama
singular plural
nominative lama lamowie
genitive lamy lamów
dative lamie lamom
accusative lamę lamów
instrumental lamą lamami
locative lamie lamach
vocative lamo lamowie

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from French lamé.

Noun edit

lama f

  1. lamé (fabric)
Declension edit
Declension of lama
singular
nominative lama
genitive lamy
dative lamie
accusative lamę
instrumental lamą
locative lamie
vocative lamo

Further reading edit

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

Portuguese edit

 
lama

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
  • Hyphenation: la‧ma

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

lama f (plural lamas)

  1. mud (soil and water)
    Synonyms: barro, lodo
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma, “lama”).

Noun edit

lama m (plural lamas)

  1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

lama m or f (plural lamas)

  1. Portugal form of lhama

Further reading edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From French lama.

Noun edit

lama m (uncountable)

  1. lama

Declension edit

declension of lama (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) lama lamaul
genitive/dative (unui) lama lamaului
vocative lamaule

Slovak edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. (zoology) llama

Declension edit

Declension of lama
singular plural
nominative lama lamy
genitive lamy lám
dative lame lamám
accusative lamu lamy
locative lame lamách
instrumental lamou lamami

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “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 edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

láma f

  1. llama (South Americal mammal of the camel family, Llama glama)
Inflection edit
 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. láma
gen. sing. láme
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		láma lámi láme
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		láme lám lám
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		lámi lámama lámam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		lámo lámi láme
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		lámi lámah lámah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		lámo lámama lámami

Etymology 2 edit

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

láma m anim

  1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)
Inflection edit
 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., a-stem
nom. sing. láma
gen. sing. láme
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		láma lámi láme
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		láme lám lám
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		lámi lámama lámam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		lámo lámi láme
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		lámi lámah lámah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		lámo lámama lámami

Further reading edit

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

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin lama.

Noun edit

lama f (plural lamas)

  1. slime, mud
  2. fine sand
  3. (Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico) moss
Related terms edit
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun edit

lama m (plural lamas)

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

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

lama

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

Further reading edit

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

lama (n class, plural lama)

  1. llama (camelid animal)

See also edit

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

Swedish edit

Adjective edit

lama

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

Noun edit

lama c

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

Declension edit

Declension of lama 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lama laman lamor lamorna
Genitive lamas lamans lamors lamornas

References edit

Anagrams edit

Welsh edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

lama m (plural lamaod, not mutable)

  1. llama

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

lama m (plural lamaod, not mutable)

  1. lama

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lama

  1. lama
    Synonym: alak

References edit

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎[7], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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