lama

See also: Lama, láma, lāma, lamă, lǎma, and La Mã

English

a lama

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.

Related terms

• 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
• Manchu: ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (lama)
• Mongolian: лам (mn) (lam)
• Nepali: लामा (lāmā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lama (no) m

  Nynorsk: lama m

• Oriya: 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

Further reading

• lama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

lama (plural lamas)

1. Alternative form of llama

Anagrams

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

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Blagar

Noun

lama

1. plate

References

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

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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)

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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

Etymology 3

Portmanteau of laat maar.

Interjection

lama

1. (informal) never mind, forget it

Anagrams

• maal

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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

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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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmɑ/, [ˈlɑmɑ]

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
instructive		—	lamoin
abessive		lamatta	lamoitta
comitative		—	lamoineen

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• lamaannus
• lamaannuttaa
• lamaantua

• lamata
• lamauttaa
• lamautua

Compounds

• lamakausi
• lamatila

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ(ː)mɑ/, [ˈlɑ(ː)mɑ]

Noun

lama

1. (Buddhism) lama

Derived terms

• lamaismi
• lamalainen
• lamalaisuus

Anagrams

• Alma

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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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Lama ("mud")

Etymology

Either from Latin lāma (“marshy place, bog”), or from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia but having the same ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlama̝/

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 2006-2012.
• “lama” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

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Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Noun

lama

1. torch
2. light

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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

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lama, from Proto-Austronesian *lama.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lama (plural lama-lama)

1. long (time)
2. duration

   Synonym: durasi

3. ancient

   Synonym: kuno

4. old

   Synonym: tua

Derived terms

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

 

Further reading

• “lama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ma/, [ˈl̺äːmä]
• 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)

Derived terms

• lametta

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama m (invariable)

1. lama (religious person)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama m (plural lami)

1. llama

Etymology 4

From Latin lāma.

Noun

lama f (plural lame)

1. bog, fen

Anagrams

• alma
• mala

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Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

lāma f (genitive lāmae); first declension

1. slough, bog, fen

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
• Mozarabic: ليامة‎ (lyama)
• 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, 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

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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

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Malay

Adjective

lama

1. long

See also

• panjang

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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

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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

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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).

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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.

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Novial

Noun

lama f (plural lamas)

1. llama

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmɑ/

Adjective

lama

1. lame

Descendants

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

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Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• laman (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish la mar and Portuguese mar and Kabuverdianu már.

Compare Nahuatl láma̱r.

Noun

lama

1. sea
2. ocean
3. beach

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ma/

• audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

lama (#1)

From Spanish llama, from Quechua

Noun

lama f

1. llama

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

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma)

Noun

lama m pers

1. lama

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

From French lame.

Noun

lama f

1. lamé (fabric)

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

Further reading

• lama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

lama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɐ.mɐ/
• Rhymes: -ama

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lama f (uncountable)

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 (in variation) (plural lamas)

1. Alternative form of lhama

Further reading

• lama on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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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 Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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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

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	láma
gen. sing.	láme
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	láma	lámi	láme
accusative	lámo	lámi	láme
genitive	láme	lám	lám
dative	lámi	lámama	lámam
locative	lámi	lámah	lámah
instrumental	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

Masculine anim., a-stem
nom. sing.	láma
gen. sing.	láme
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	láma	lámi	láme
accusative	lámo	lámi	láme
genitive	láme	lám	lám
dative	lámi	lámama	lámam
locative	lámi	lámah	lámah
instrumental	lámo	lámama	lámami

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin lama.

Noun

lama f (plural lamas)

1. slime, mud
2. fine sand
3. (Chile, Colombia, Costa Rico, 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. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lamer.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lamer.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lamer.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of lamer.

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Swahili

Noun

lama (n class, plural lama)

1. llama (camelid animal)

See also

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

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Swedish

Adjective

lama

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of lam.

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)