# lama
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑː.mə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːmə
* Homophone: llama

### Etymology 1

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

#### Noun

lama (plural lamas)
* 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 (plural lamas)
* Alternative form of llama

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish lama (“lamé”).

#### Noun

lama (plural lamas)
* (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 of lama.

### Anagrams

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

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lama/ [la.ma]
* Rhymes: -ama, -a
* Hyphenation: la‧ma

### Etymology 1

From Latin flamma.

#### Noun

lama inan
* (Northern) flame
    Synonym: sugar

##### Derived terms

* lamada

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

lama anim
* lama

##### Related terms

* lamaismo
* lamaista

### Further reading

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

## Blagar
### Noun

lama
* plate

### References

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

## Brunei Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lama/
* Hyphenation: la‧ma

### Adjective

lama
* old (age of non-living things)
    buku lamaold book

#### Antonyms

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

#### Coordinate terms

* (age): tua (“old”) (living things)

## Corsican
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlama/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French lame. Cognates include Italian lama.

#### Noun

lama f (plural lame)
* blade

### Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

#### Noun

lama m
* (Tibetan Buddhism) lama (religious person)

##### Related terms

* Dalaï Lama

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

#### Noun

lama f (plural lame)
* llama (Lama glama)

#### References

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

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlama]
* Hyphenation: la‧ma

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

lama f
* llama

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* láma

#### Noun

lama m anim
* (Buddhism) lama

##### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlæːma]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

#### Noun

lama (definite singular lamaen, or (2 definition) lamaet, indefinite plural lamaer, definite plural lamaerne)
* llama, Lama glama
* textile fabric made from wool of lamas

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

#### Noun

lama c (singular definite lamaen, plural indefinite lamaer)
* Buddhist lama

##### Derived terms

* lamaisme
* lamaistisk

### Further reading

* “lama” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* 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)
* 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 English lame and German lahm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlama]
* Rhymes: -ama
* Hyphenation: la‧ma

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *lama (compare Estonian lamama (“to lie down”), Ludian lama, Votic lama), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame, withered; defective”). Alternatively related to Moksha лама (lama) and Erzya ламо (lamo, “many”), although the semantic shift is problematic.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑmɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝mɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
* Hyphenation: la‧ma

#### Noun

lama
* paralysis, depression (state of being inable to act)
    Hallituksen päätöksenteko on lamassa.Government's decisionmaking is in a paralysis.
* (economics) depression
    Coordinate term: taantuma (“recession, downturn”)
    Talous on lamassa.The economy is in a depression.

##### Declension

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 lamaini $^{rare}$
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 lamaisi $^{rare}$
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 lamaimme $^{rare}$
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 lamainne $^{rare}$
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 lamainsa $^{rare}$
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

* lamaannus
* lamaannuttaa
* lamaantua
* lamakka
* lamata
* lamauttaa
* lamautua
* lama-aita
* lamakausi
* lamasalvos
* lamatila
* lamavuosi
* luottolama
* talouslama

#### References

* ↑ lama in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus

#### Further reading

* “1. lama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

lama
* (Buddhism) lama

##### Declension

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 lamaini $^{rare}$
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 lamaisi $^{rare}$
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 lamaimme $^{rare}$
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 lamainne $^{rare}$
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 lamainsa $^{rare}$
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]‎ (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: /la.ma/

### Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

#### Noun

lama m (plural lamas)
* llama

### Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

#### Noun

lama m (plural lamas)
* (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-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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlamɐ]

### Noun

lama f (plural lamas)
* mud
    Onde moitos cuspen, lama fan.Where many people spit, they make mud. (proverb)
    Synonyms: bullo, lodo, trollo
* 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

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lama”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lama”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lama”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lama”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lama”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “lama”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
* ↑ 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
### Etymology

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

### Noun

lama
* torch
* light

#### Derived terms

* malama

## Iban
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lamaʔ/
* Hyphenation: la‧ma
* Rhymes: -maʔ

### Adjective

lama
* long (duration of time)
    Lama amai Bunyau nyalin baju!It's taking so long for Bunyau to put on his clothes!
* old (inanimate object)
    Utai lamaOld stuff
* old (something from the distant past)
    Kesultanan Sarawak lamaThe old Sarawak Sultanate

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaːma/
* Rhymes: -aːma

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

lama (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lamaði, supine lamað)
* to lame, cripple

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

lama (indeclinable)
* lame

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay lama, from Proto-Austronesian *lama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈla.ma/
* Hyphenation: la‧ma
* Audio:(file)
* 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

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

### 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: /ˈla.ma/
* Rhymes: -ama
* Hyphenation: là‧ma

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

lama f (plural lame)
* blade (of a razor or sword)
* (figurative) swordsman/swordswoman

##### Derived terms

* lametta

##### Related terms

* spada
* spadaccino

### Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

#### Noun

lama m (invariable)
* lama (religious person)

##### Related terms

* lamasseria

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

#### Noun

lama m (invariable)
* llama

### Etymology 4

From Latin lāma.

#### Noun

lama f (plural lame)
* bog, fen

### Anagrams

* alma

## Javanese
### Etymology

From Old Javanese lama.

### Adjective

lama
* old

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish lama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈla.ma/
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: la‧ma

### Noun

lama f
* llama (Lama glama)

### References

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

## Laboya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlamːa]

### Noun

lama
* tongue

### References

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

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Noun

lāma f (genitive lāmae); first declension
* 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.

#### Descendants

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

### References

* ↑ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “lama”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 338
* ↑ 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

* “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)
* llama
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#### Declension
### Noun

lama m (4th declension)
* lama
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#### Declension
## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

lama (Jawi spelling لاما)
* long (duration of time)
    Lamanya Agus tukar baju!It's taking so long for Agus to change his clothes!
* old (inanimate object)
    Barang lamaOld stuff
* old (something from the distant past)
    Kesultanan Melayu Melaka lamaThe old Malacca Sultanate

#### Derived terms

* lama-lama
* selama-lamanya

#### 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)
* lama

### Further reading

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

## Maranao
### Noun

lama
* field
* yard
* lawn
* 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
* 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)‎ (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 72

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈlama/

### Verb

lama
* inflection of lapmat:
** present indicative connegative
** second-person singular imperative
** imperative connegative

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama.

#### Noun

lama m (definite singular lamaen, indefinite plural lamaer, definite plural lamaene)
* a llama (South American mammal)

### Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

#### Noun

lama m (definite singular lamaen, indefinite plural lamaer, definite plural lamaene)
* a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

### References

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama.

#### Noun

lama m (definite singular lamaen, indefinite plural lamaer or lamaar, definite plural lamaene or lamaane)
* a llama (South American mammal)

### Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

#### Noun

lama m (definite singular lamaen, indefinite plural lamaer or lamaar, definite plural lamaene or lamaane)
* a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

### References

* “lama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑ.mɑ/

### Adjective

lama
* lame
* (substantive) a lame person
** c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:10-11
    Hē cwæð tō þām laman, þē iċ seċġe, arīs, nim ðīn bed, and gā tō þīnum hūse.He said to the lame man, "I say to you, arise, take your bed, and go to your house."

#### Descendants

* Middle English: lame
** Geordie English: lyem
** Scots: lame
** English: lame

## Old Javanese
### Adjective

lama
* old

## Oromo
### 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
* 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
* sea
* ocean
* beach

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈla.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: la‧ma

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Lama.

#### Noun

lama f
* llama (Lama glama)

##### Descendants

* → Kashubian: lama

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

lama m pers
* (Buddhism) lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from French lamé.

#### Noun

lama f
* lamé (fabric)

##### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɐ.mɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɐ.mɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈla.mɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
* Hyphenation: la‧ma

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

lama f (plural lamas)
* mud (soil and water)
    Synonyms: barro, lodo

##### Derived terms

* lama vermelha
* enlamear
* arrastar pela lama

##### Related terms

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

### Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma, “lama”).

#### Noun

lama m (plural lamas)
* lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

lama m or f (plural lamas)
* Portugal form of lhama

### Further reading

* lama on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{pt}$

## Romanian
### Etymology

From French lama.

### Noun

lama m (uncountable)
* lama

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlama]

### Noun

lama f (relational adjective lamí)
* (zoology) llama

#### Declension
### References

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

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /làːma/

#### Noun

láma f
* llama (South Americal mammal of the camel family, Llama glama)

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /làːma/

#### Noun

láma m anim
* lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

##### Inflection
### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlama/ [ˈla.ma]
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: la‧ma

### Etymology 1

From Latin lama.

#### Noun

lama f (plural lamas)
* slime, mud
* fine sand
* (Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico) moss

##### Related terms

* lamedal
* lamero

##### See also

* baba f
* cieno m

### Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

#### Noun

lama m (plural lamas)
* (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

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* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

lama class IX (plural lama class X)
* llama (camelid animal)

### See also

* (Camelids) Camelidae: ngamia na jamaa; ngamia (“camel”) or jamali, lama (“llama”), - (“guanaco”), alpaka (“alpaca”), - (“vicuña”)

## Swedish
### Adjective

lama
* inflection of lam:
** definite singular
** plural

### Noun

lama c
* lama; a monk
* (animal) llama

#### Declension
### References

* lama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

### Anagrams

* Alma

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈlama/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈlaːma/, /ˈlama/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

lama m (plural lamaod, not mutable)
* llama

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

lama m (plural lamaod, 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 Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lɑmɑ]

### Noun

lama
* lama
    Synonym: alak

### References

* Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN