llama

English

Wikipedia

Two llamas going for a swim

Etymology

From Spanish llama, from Quechua.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɑː.mə/. X-SAMPA: /"lA:.m@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlɑmə/ X-SAMPA: /"lAm@/, or (rare, foreign) IPA: /ˈjɑmə/ X-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) (lāma) f
• Armenian: լամա (hy) (lama)
• Chinese: 

  Mandarin: 大羊駝 (cmn), 大羊驼 (cmn) (dàyángtuo), 駱馬 (cmn), 骆马 (cmn) (luòmǎ), 駝羊 (cmn), 驼羊 (cmn) (tuóyáng), 無峰駱駝 (cmn), 无峰骆驼 (cmn) (wúfēngluòtuo), 家羊駝 (cmn), 家羊驼 (cmn) (jiāyángtuo)

• Czech: lama (cs) f
• Dutch: lama (nl) m
• Esperanto: lamo (eo)
• Finnish: laama (fi)
• French: lama (fr) m
• German: Lama (de) n
• Greek: λάμα (el) (láma) f
• Hebrew: לָמָּה (he) (lama) f
• Hungarian: láma (hu)
• Icelandic: lamadýr (is) n
• Interlingua: llama

• Italian: lama (it) m
• Japanese: ラマ (ja) (rama)
• Korean: 라마 (ko) (rama)
• Macedonian: лама (mk) (láma) f
• Malay: llama (ms)
• Navajo: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ tłʼízí
• Norwegian: llama (no)
• Novial: lama
• Persian: شتر بیکوهان (fa) (šotor-e bikohan)
• Polish: lama (pl) f
• Portuguese: (Brazil) lhama f, (Portugal) lama m
• Romanian: lamă (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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʎama/

Etymology 1

From Latin flamma. Compare Catalan flama, Italian fiamma, Portuguese chama.

Noun

llama f (plural llamas)

1. flame

Derived terms

• llamarada
• llamear

Etymology 2

Quechua

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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.