llama
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɑː.mə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɑmə/, or (rare, foreign) IPA(key): /ˈjɑmə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːmə
- Homophone: lama
Noun[edit]
llama (plural llamas)
- (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. A male llama is called a macho, and a female llama is called a hembra.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
South Americal mammal of the camel family, Llama glama
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Quechua[edit]
Noun[edit]
llama
- llama (Lama glama, a camelid used as a beast of burden in the Andes)
Descendants[edit]
- Spanish: llama
References[edit]
- “llama” in Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Diccionario quechua-español-quechua, Edmundo Pantigozo, 2nd edition, 2006.
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin flamma. Compare Catalan flama, Italian fiamma, Portuguese chama, French flamme, German Flamme
Noun[edit]
llama f (plural llamas)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
llama f (plural llamas)
- llama (mammal)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Form of llamar, from Latin clamāre (“cry out”).
Verb[edit]
llama
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of llamar.
- ¿Cómo se llama? — “What is your name?” (Literally, “How do [you] call yourself?”)
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of llamar.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Quechua
- English terms with homophones
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Zoology
- en:Camelids
- Quechua nouns
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish terms derived from Quechua
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- es:Mammals
