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llama en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlɑː.mə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈjɑmə/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈlɐː.mə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈlɑmə/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈlaː.mə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈla.mə/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Meanings

  1. A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
  2. (slang) A firearm, especially a handgun.

Forms

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Deriveds

cama · llamalike · berserk llama syndrome · lamoid · drama llama · llamacide · llamoid · llamanaco

Descendants

라마 · lama · láma · 駱馬 · ラマ · 骆马

Translations (63)

cmn 無峰駱駝 /无峰骆驼 (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ja ラマ (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · pt lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · es llama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · cmn 駱馬 /骆马 (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · he לָמָּה (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · sl lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · hy լամա (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ko 라마 (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ro lamă (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · cs lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · bg ла́ма (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · hu láma (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · nl lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · pt lhama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · as লামা (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ru ла́ма (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · nn lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · nb lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · vo lamad (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · da lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · cmn 駝羊 /驼羊 (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · sv lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · mk ла́ма (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · el λάμα (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · or ଲାମା (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · nci pelonichcatl (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · is lamadýr (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ia llama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · fa شتر بیکوهان (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · hi लामा (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · fi laama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · be ла́ма (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · tr lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · sk lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · qu llama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · af lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · vi lạc đà không bướu (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ckb لاما (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · fr lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · tl liyama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · cy lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · uk ла́ма (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ga láma (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · fa لاما (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · th ยามา (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · es llamingo (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · fo lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ast llama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · aii ܓܘܼܡܠܵܐ ܕܐܲܡܹܝܪܟܵܐ (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · eo lamo (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · cmn 大羊駝 /大羊驼 (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ka ლამა (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · it lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ca llama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ja リャマ (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · gv laamey (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · pl lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ar لَامَا (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · nhn peruichcatl (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · ms llama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · cmn 家羊駝 /家羊驼 (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama) · de Lama (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama)

wikidata: Q42569

llama en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlɑː.mə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈjɑmə/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈlɐː.mə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈlɑmə/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈlaː.mə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈla.mə/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic form of lama.
    alt of lama
    • He was, as it were, a great Llama, shut up in a holy of holies, inscrutable, invisible, inexorable,—not to be seen by men's eyes or heard by their ears, hardly to be mentioned by ordinary men at such periods as these without an inward quaking. 1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage:

Forms

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