lama

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lama"

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː.mə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːmə
• Homophone: llama

Etymology 1

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama (plural lamas)

1. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

Derived terms

• lamahood
• lamaic
• lamaist
• lamaite
• lamaserai

Related terms

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

Translations

master of Tibetan Buddhism

Arabic: لَامَا m (lāmā) Armenian: լամա (hy) (lama) Belarusian: ла́ма m (láma) Bulgarian: ла́ма (bg) m (láma) Buryat: лама (lama) 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) Gujarati: લામા m (lāmā) 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) Khamnigan Mongol: лама (lama) Korean: 라마 (ko) (rama) Malay: lama (ms) Manchu: ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (lama) Marathi: लामा m (lāmā) Mongolian: Cyrillic: лам (mn) (lam) Mongolian: ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (lama) Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (blam-a), ᠯᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (lam-a) Nepali: लामा (lāmā) Norwegian: Bokmål: lama (no) m Nynorsk: lama m Odia: ଲାମା (or) (lāmā) Old Uyghur: 𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰 (lʾmʾ /⁠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 (th) (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

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

Basque

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin flamma.

Noun

lama inan

1. (Northern) flame

   Synonym: sugar

Declension

Declension of lama (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	lama	lama	lamak
ergative	lamak	lamak	lamek
dative	lamari	lamari	lamei
genitive	lamaren	lamaren	lamen
comitative	lamarekin	lamarekin	lamekin
causative	lamarengatik	lamarengatik	lamengatik
benefactive	lamarentzat	lamarentzat	lamentzat
instrumental	lamaz	lamaz	lamez
inessive	lamatan	laman	lametan
locative	lamatako	lamako	lametako
allative	lamatara	lamara	lametara
terminative	lamataraino	lamaraino	lametaraino
directive	lamatarantz	lamarantz	lametarantz
destinative	lamatarako	lamarako	lametarako
ablative	lamatatik	lamatik	lametatik
partitive	lamarik	—	—
prolative	lamatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• lamada

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lama anim

1. lama

Declension

Declension of lama (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	lama	lama	lamak
ergative	lamak	lamak	lamek
dative	lamari	lamari	lamei
genitive	lamaren	lamaren	lamen
comitative	lamarekin	lamarekin	lamekin
causative	lamarengatik	lamarengatik	lamengatik
benefactive	lamarentzat	lamarentzat	lamentzat
instrumental	lamaz	lamaz	lamez
inessive	lamarengan	lamarengan	lamengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	lamarengana	lamarengana	lamengana
terminative	lamarenganaino	lamarenganaino	lamenganaino
directive	lamarenganantz	lamarenganantz	lamenganantz
destinative	lamarenganako	lamarenganako	lamenganako
ablative	lamarengandik	lamarengandik	lamengandik
partitive	lamarik	—	—
prolative	lamatzat	—	—

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

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

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

Coordinate terms

• (age): tua (“old”) (living things)

Corsican

Lame (1) di cultelli.

U Dalaï Lama, unu lama (2).

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

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

lama

Wikipedia ^cs

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

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

lama

Wikipedia ^da

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [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)

1. llama, Lama glama
2. textile fabric made from wool of lamas

Inflection

Declension of lama

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lama	lamaen lamaet	lamaer	lamaerne
genitive	lamas	lamaens lamaets	lamaers	lamaernes

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama c (singular definite lamaen, plural indefinite lamaer)

1. Buddhist lama

Inflection

Declension of lama

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lama	lamaen	lamaer	lamaerne
genitive	lamas	lamaens	lamaers	lamaernes

Derived terms

• lamaisme
• lamaistisk

Further reading

• “lama” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

Interjection

lama

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

Alternative forms

• lm

Anagrams

• maal

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

lameco

Wikipedia ^eo

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

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