llama
English
/ˈlɑː.mə/, /ˈlɑmə/, /ˈjɑmə/
noun
Definitions
- A South American mammal of the camel family, , used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian llama (flame) derived from Quechua llama.
Origin
Quechua
llama
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- llamacide English
- llamalike English
- llamoid English
- flamma Latin
- Lama German
- lama Dutch, Flemish
- lama French
- ла́ма Russian
- лама Russian
- apagallamas Spanish, Castilian
- llama Spanish, Castilian
- llamear Spanish, Castilian
- lama Norwegian Bokmål
- リャマ Japanese
- lama Polish
- lama Norwegian Nynorsk
- lamo Esperanto
- lama Faroese
- лама Macedonian
- lama Slovak
- lama Slovene
- བླ་མ Tibetan
- llama Quechua