lama

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː.mə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːmə
• Homophone: llama

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

lama (plural lamas)

1. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

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

• lama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

lama (plural lamas)

1. Alternative form of llama

Borrowed from Spanish lama (“lamé”).

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.

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

lama

1. plate

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

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

lama

1. old (age of non-living things)

   buku lama

   old book

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

• (age): tua (“old”) (living things)

• IPA^(key): /ˈlama/

Borrowed from French lame. Cognates include Italian lama.

lama f (plural lame)

1. blade

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

lama m

1. (Tibetan Buddhism) lama (religious person)

• Dalaï Lama

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

lama f (plural lame)

1. llama (Lama glama)

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

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

lama f

1. llama

• láma

lama m anim

1. (Buddhism) lama

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.maː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: la‧ma

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

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

1. llama, Lama glama

   Synonym: schaapkameel

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

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

1. Buddhist lama

• dalai lama
• lamaïsme

lama

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

• lm

• maal

From English lame and German lahm.

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

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

1. lame (unable to walk properly)

• lame
• lameco
• lami

• kripla

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

lama f (genitive singular lamu, plural lamur)

1. llama

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

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.

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

lama

1. paralysis, depression (state of being inable to act)

   Hallituksen päätöksenteko on lamassa.

   Government's decisionmaking is in a paralysis.

2. (economics) depression

   Coordinate term: taantuma (“recession, downturn”)

   Talous on lamassa.

   The economy is in a depression.

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 lamain rare
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 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

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

• “1. lama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

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

lama

1. (Buddhism) lama

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 lamain rare
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 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

• “2. lama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• Alma

• IPA^(key): /la.ma/

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

lama m (plural lamas)

1. llama

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

lama m (plural lamas)

1. (Buddhism) lama

Inflected forms.

lama

1. third-person singular past historic of lamer

• “lama”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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]

• IPA^(key): [ˈlamɐ]

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

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

• 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: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lama”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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

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

lama

1. torch
2. light

• malama

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːma/
• Rhymes: -aːma

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

1. to lame, cripple

lama (invariable)

1. lame

From Malay lama, from Proto-Austronesian *lama.

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

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ma, -a

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

• “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.

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

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

lama f (plural lame)

1. blade (of a razor or sword)
2. (figurative) swordsman/swordswoman

• lametta

• spada
• spadaccino

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

lama m (invariable)

1. lama (religious person)

• lamasseria

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

lama m (invariable)

1. llama

From Latin lāma.

lama f (plural lame)

1. bog, fen

• alma

From Old Javanese lama.

lama

1. old

Borrowed from Polish lama.

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

lama f

1. llama (Lama glama)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈlamːa]

lama

1. tongue

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

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.

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 [...]

First-declension noun.

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

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

• “lama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lama”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lama in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “lama”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

lama f (4th declension)

1. llama

lama m (4th declension)

1. lama

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

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

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

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

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

1. lama

• “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

lama

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

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

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

lama

1. female

• lamahchichi
• lamahtotoli
• lamatzin

• 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

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlama/

lama

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

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama.

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

1. a llama (South American mammal)

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

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

1. a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

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

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama.

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

1. a llama (South American mammal)

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

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

1. a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

• “lama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.mɑ/

lama

1. lame
2. (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."

• Middle English: lame
  • Geordie English: lyem
  • Scots: lame
  • English: lame

lama

1. old

Oromo cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lama     Ordinal : lammaffaa

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

• Audio:

  (file)

lama

1. two

• laman (alternative spelling)

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

Compare Nahuatl láma̱r.

lama

1. sea
2. ocean
3. beach

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ma/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: la‧ma

Borrowed from German Lama.

lama f

1. llama (Lama glama)

• → Kashubian: lama

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

lama m pers

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

Borrowed from French lamé.

lama f

1. lamé (fabric)

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

• Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
• Hyphenation: la‧ma

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

lama f (plural lamas)

1. mud (soil and water)

   Synonyms: barro, lodo

• lama vermelha
• enlamear
• arrastar pela lama

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma, “lama”).

lama m (plural lamas)

1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

lama m or f (plural lamas)

1. Portugal form of lhama

• lama on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

From French lama.

lama m (uncountable)

1. lama

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫama/

lama f (related adjective lamí)

1. (zoology) llama

• “lama”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

• IPA^(key): /làːma/

láma f

1. llama (South Americal mammal of the camel family, Llama glama)

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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

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

• IPA^(key): /làːma/

láma m anim

1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

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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

• “lama”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

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

From Latin lama.

lama f (plural lamas)

1. slime, mud
2. fine sand
3. (Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico) moss

• baba f
• cieno m

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

lama m (plural lamas)

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

lama

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

• “lama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

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lama (n class, plural lama)

1. llama (camelid animal)

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

lama

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

lama c

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

• lama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• Alma

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈlama/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈlaːma/, /ˈlama/

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

lama m (plural lamaod, not mutable)

1. llama

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

lama m (plural lamaod, not mutable)

1. lama

• 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

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

• IPA^(key): [lɑmɑ]

lama

1. lama

   Synonym: alak

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