lama

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

English

a lama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː.mə/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːmə
• Homophone: llama

Etymology 1

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama (plural lamas)

1. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

Related terms

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

Translations

master of Tibetan Buddhism

• Arabic: لَامَا‎ m (lāmā)
• Armenian: լամա (hy) (lama)
• Belarusian: ла́ма m (láma)
• Bulgarian: ла́ма (bg) m (láma)
• Catalan: lama (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喇嘛 (zh) (lǎma)

• Czech: láma (cs)
• Dutch: lama (nl) m
• Esperanto: lamao
• Finnish: lama (fi)
• French: lama (fr) m
• Georgian: ლამა (lama)
• German: Lama (de) m
• Greek: λάμα (el) m (láma)
• Hindi: लामा (hi) m (lāmā)
• Hungarian: láma (hu)
• Ido: lamao (io)
• Interlingua: lama
• Irish: láma m
• Japanese: ラマ (ja) (rama), 喇嘛 (らま, rama)
• Kalmyk: лам (lam)
• Korean: 라마 (ko) (rama)
• Malay: lama (ms)
• Manchu: ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (lama)
• Marathi: लामा m (lāmā)
• Mongolian: лам (mn) (lam)
• Nepali: लामा (lāmā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lama (no) m

  Nynorsk: lama m

• Odia: ଲାମା (or) (lama)
• Persian: لاما‎ (fa) (lâmâ)
• Polish: lama (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: lama (pt) m
• Romanian: lama (ro) m
• Russian: ла́ма (ru) m (láma)
• Slovene: lama (sl) m
• Spanish: lama (es) m
• Swedish: lama (sv) c
• Thai: ลามะ (laa-má)
• Tibetan: བླ་མ (bla ma)
• Ukrainian: ла́ма m (láma)
• Vietnamese: lạt-ma
• Welsh: lama m

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)
   • 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

• Alam, Alma, Amal, alma, amla, laam

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)

   buku lama

   old book

Antonyms

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

Coordinate terms

• (age): tua (“old”) (living things)

Corsican

Lame (1) di cultelli.

U Dalaï Lama, unu lama (2).

Una lama (3).

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

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

Alternative forms

• láma

Noun

lama m anim

1. (Buddhism) lama

Declension

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

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.maː/

• audio

  (file)

• 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

Portmanteau of laat maar.

Interjection

lama

1. (informal) never mind, forget it

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

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

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

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.

Declension

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 (type kala)

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

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• lamaannus
• lamaannuttaa
• lamaantua
• lamata
• lamauttaa
• lamautua

Compounds

• lamakausi
• lamatila

Further reading

• “1. lama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), 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

Noun

lama

1. (Buddhism) lama

Declension

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 (type kala)

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

• lamaismi
• lamalainen
• lamalaisuus

Further reading

• “2. lama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Anagrams

• Alma

French

Lama 1 Luc Viatour

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

Lama ("mud")

Etymology

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 [Term?] but having the same ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlamɐ]

Noun

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

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

Related terms

• lamacento
• lamagorza
• lamazal
• lameira
• Lameira
• lameiro
• Lameiro
• lamela
• Lamiña
• Lamosa
• lamoso
• lamugueiro
• namela

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 Maori rama (“torch”), Malay damar (“resin, torch”)).

Noun

lama

1. torch
2. light

Iban

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːma/
• Rhymes: -aːma

Verb

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

1. to lame, cripple

Conjugation

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

lama (invariable)

1. lame

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lama, from Proto-Austronesian *lama.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

• berlama-lama
• kelamaan
• lama-kelamaan
• lama-lama
• memperlama
• memperlamakan
• selama
• selama-lamanya
• selamanya

 

Further reading

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

Lama.

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish lama.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lama f

1. llama (Lama glama)

References

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

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlamːa]

Noun

lama

1. tongue

References

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

Latin

Etymology

From *lacma, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus. Cognate with Latin lacus.

Noun

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

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

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

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

lama m (4th declension)

1. lama

Declension

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

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)

   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

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

Noun

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

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 (2010–), “*lama₂”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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)‎^[1] (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

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

Noun

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)

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

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

Noun

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)

References

• “lama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.mɑ/

Adjective

lama

1. lame

Declension

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

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

Old Javanese

Adjective

lama

1. old

Oromo

Oromo cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : lama     Ordinal : lammaffaa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

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

lama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ma/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: la‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Lama.

Noun

lama f

1. llama (Lama glama)

Declension

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

• → 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

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

Borrowed from French lamé.

Noun

lama f

1. lamé (fabric)

Declension

Declension of lama

	singular
nominative	lama
genitive	lamy
dative	lamie
accusative	lamę
instrumental	lamą
locative	lamie
vocative	lamo

Further reading

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

Portuguese

lama

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐ.mɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.mɐ/

• 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

Related terms

• lamaçal
• lamaceira
• lamaceiro
• lamacento
• lamarão
• lameira
• lameirão
• lameiro

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. Portugal form of lhama

Further reading

• lama on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Romanian

Etymology

From French lama.

Noun

lama m (uncountable)

1. lama

Declension

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫama/

Noun

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

1. (zoology) llama

Declension

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

• lamí

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, 2023

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)

Inflection

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

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /làːma/

Noun

láma m anim

1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

Inflection

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

• “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 Latin lama.

Noun

lama f (plural lamas)

1. slime, mud
2. fine sand
3. (Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, 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. inflection of lamer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

lama (n class, plural lama)

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

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

References

• lama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• Alma

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 llama 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^[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN