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Webster 1913 Edition


Lama

La′ma

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
See
Llama
.

La′ma

,
Noun.
[Tibet.
blama
(pronounced
lä′ma
) a chief, a high priest.]
In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lama

LAMA

, n.
1.
The sovereign pontiff, or rather the god of the Asiatic Tartars.
2.
A small species of camel, the Camelus lama of South America.

Definition 2024


Lama

Lama

See also: lama, láma, lāma, lamă, lǎma, and La Mã

Translingual

Proper noun

Lama f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Camelidae – the llama and the guanaco.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaːma]

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

Lama n (genitive Lamas, plural Lamas)

  1. llama

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

Lama m (genitive Lamas, plural Lamas)

  1. lama

lama

lama

See also: Lama, láma, lāma, lamă, lǎma, and La Mã

English

a lama

Noun

lama (plural lamas)

  1. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lama (plural lamas)

  1. Alternative form of llama

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Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧ma

Noun

lama m (plural lama's, diminutive lamaatje n)

  1. Buddhist lama
  2. llama

Anagrams


Faroese

Etymology

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama f (genitive singular lamu, plural lamur)

  1. llama

Declension

Declension of lama
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

Finnish

Declension

Inflection of lama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative lama lamat
genitive laman lamojen
partitive lamaa lamoja
illative lamaan lamoihin
singular plural
nominative lama lamat
accusative nom. lama lamat
gen. laman
genitive laman lamojen
lamainrare
partitive lamaa lamoja
inessive lamassa lamoissa
elative lamasta lamoista
illative lamaan lamoihin
adessive lamalla lamoilla
ablative lamalta lamoilta
allative lamalle lamoille
essive lamana lamoina
translative lamaksi lamoiksi
instructive lamoin
abessive lamatta lamoitta
comitative lamoineen

Etymology 1

Noun

lama

  1. (economics) depression
    Talous on lamassa.
    The economy is in a depression.
  2. paralysis, depression (state of being inable to act)
    Hallituksen päätöksenteko on lamassa.
    Government's decisionmaking is in a paralysis.
Synonyms
Derived terms

Compounds

Etymology 2

Noun

lama

  1. (Buddhism) lama
Derived terms

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lama/

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama m (plural lamas)

  1. llama

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama m (plural lamas)

  1. (Buddhism) lama

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

lama

  1. third-person singular past historic of lamer

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rama, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Maori rama (torch), Malay damar (resin, torch)).

Noun

lama

  1. torch
  2. light

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːma/
  • Rhymes: -aːma

Verb

lama (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lamaði, supine lamað)

  1. to lame, cripple

Conjugation

Adjective

lama (invariable)

  1. lame

Indonesian

Adjective

lama

  1. long

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.ma/, [ˈl̺äːmä]
  • Hyphenation: là‧ma

Etymology 1

From French lame, from Latin lāmina.

Noun

lama f (plural lame)

  1. blade (of a razor or sword)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

lama m (invariable)

  1. lama (religious person)

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama m (plural lami)

  1. llama

Etymology 4

From Latin lāma.

Noun

lama f (plural lame)

  1. bog, fen

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

For *lacma, from Proto-Indo-European *lak-. Cognate with Latin lacus.

Noun

lāma f (genitive lāmae); first declension

  1. slough, bog, fen
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lāma lāmae
genitive lāmae lāmārum
dative lāmae lāmīs
accusative lāmam lāmās
ablative lāmā lāmīs
vocative lāma lāmae
Descendants

References


Latvian

Noun

lama f (4th declension)

  1. llama

Declension

Noun

lama m (4th declension)

  1. lama

Declension


Malay

Adjective

lama

  1. long

See also


Northern Sami

Verb

lama

  1. inflection of lapmat:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. imperative connegative

Novial

Noun

lama (plural lamas)

  1. llama

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

Adjective

lama

  1. lame

Papiamentu

Noun

lama

  1. Alternative form of laman

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlama/

Etymology 1

lama (#1)

From Spanish llama, from Quechua

Noun

lama f

  1. llama
Declension

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma)

Noun

lama m pers

  1. lama
Declension

Etymology 3

From French lame.

Noun

lama f

  1. lamé (fabric)
Declension

Portuguese

lama

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɐ.mɐ/
  • Rhymes: -ama

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese lama, from Latin lāma (swamp).

Noun

lama f (uncountable)

  1. mud (soil and water)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • lama vermelha
Related terms
  • lamaçal
  • lamaceira
  • lamaceiro
  • lamacento
  • lamarão
  • lameira
  • lameirão
  • lameiro

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma, lama).

Noun

lama m (plural lamas)

  1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

Etymology 3

Noun

lama m or f (in variation) (plural lamas)

  1. Alternative form of lhama

Slovak

Etymology

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama f (genitive singular lamy, nominative plural lamy, declension pattern of žena)

  1. (zoology) llama

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • lama in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlàːma/
  • Tonal orthography: láma

Noun

láma f (genitive láme, nominative plural láme)

  1. llama (South Americal mammal of the camel family, Llama glama)
Declension

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlàːma/
  • Tonal orthography: láma

Noun

láma m anim (genitive láme, nominative plural láme)

  1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)
Declension

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin lama.

Noun

lama f (plural lamas)

  1. slime, mud
  2. fine sand
  3. (Chile, Colombia, Costa Rico, Mexico) moss
Related terms
See also

Etymology 2

From Tibetan

Noun

lama m (plural lamas)

  1. (Buddhism) lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

Etymology 3

Verb

lama

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lamer.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lamer.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lamer.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of lamer.

Swedish

Adjective

lama

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of lam.

Noun

lama c

  1. lama; a monk
  2. (animal) llama

Declension

Inflection of lama 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lama laman lamor lamorna
Genitive lamas lamans lamors lamornas

References