llama

English

Wikipedia

Two llamas going for a swim

Etymology

From Spanish llama

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɑː.mə/. SAMPA: /"lA:.m@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlɑmə/ SAMPA: /"lAm@/, or (rare, foreign) IPA: /ˈjɑmə/ SAMPA: /"jAm@/
• Rhymes: -ɑːmə
• Homophone: lama

Noun

llama (plural llamas)

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

Derived terms

• lamoid

Translations

South Americal mammal of the camel family, Llama glama

Arabic: لاما (ar) (láma) f. Armenian: լամա (hy) (lama) Dutch: lama (nl) m. Esperanto: lamo (eo) Finnish: laama (fi) French: lama (fr) m. German: Lama (de) n. Greek: λάμα (láma) Hebrew: לאמה (he) f. Hungarian: láma (hu) Icelandic: lamadýr (is) n. Interlingua: llama Italian: lama (it) m. Japanese: ラマ属 (rama shu) Korean: 라마 (rama)

Macedonian: лама (mk) (láma) f. Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Navajo: shádiʼááhdę́ę́ tłʼízí Norwegian: llama (no) Novial: lama Persian: شتر بیکوهان (šotor-e bikohan) Polish: lama (pl) f. Portuguese: (Brazil) lhama f., (Portugal) lama m. Romanian: llama (ro) f. Russian: лама (ru) (láma) f. Slovene: lama (sl) f. Spanish: llama (es) f. Swedish: lama (sv) c. Turkish: lama (tr)

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin flamma. Compare Italian fiamma, Portuguese chama.

Noun

llama f. (plural llamas)

1. flame

Derived terms

• llamarada
• llamear

Etymology 2

Quechua.

Noun

llama f. (plural llamas)

1. llama (mammal)

Etymology 3

Form of llamar, from Latin clamāre (“cry out”).

Verb

llama (infinitive llamar)

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of llamar.

   ¿Cómo se llama? — “What is your name?” (Literally, “How are [you] called?”)

2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of llamar.