llama

See also: llamá

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː.mə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmə/, or (rare, foreign) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑmə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːmə
• Homophone: lama

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Two llamas going for a swim

Noun

llama (plural llamas)

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

Usage notes

• A male llama is often called a macho, and a female llama is often called an hembra.

Coordinate terms

• (Camelids) camelid; camel (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña ^{(Category: en:Camelids)}

Derived terms

• drama llama
• lamoid

Descendants

• → Chinese: 駱馬／骆马 (luòmǎ) (semantic loan)
• → Irish: láma
• → Japanese: ラマ (rama)
• → Korean: 라마 (rama)
• → Welsh: lama

Translations

South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama

• Afrikaans: lama
• Arabic: لَامَا f (lāmā)
• Armenian: լամա (hy) (lama)
• Assamese: লামা (lama)
• Asturian: llama (ast) f
• Belarusian: ла́ма f (láma)
• Bulgarian: ла́ма (bg) f (láma)
• Catalan: llama (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: lama (cs) f
• Danish: lama (da) c
• Dutch: lama (nl) m
• Esperanto: lamo (eo)
• Faroese: lama f
• Finnish: laama (fi)
• French: lama (fr) m
• Georgian: ლამა (lama)
• German: Lama (de) n
• Greek: λάμα (el) f (láma)
• Hebrew: לָמָּה (he) f (lama)
• Hindi: लामा (hi) (lāmā)
• Hungarian: láma (hu)
• Icelandic: lamadýr n
• Interlingua: llama
• Irish: láma m
• Italian: lama (it) m
• Japanese: ラマ (ja) (rama), リャマ (ja) (ryama)
• Korean: 라마 (ko) (rama)
• Macedonian: ла́ма f (láma)
• Malay: llama
• Manx: laamey m
• Nahuatl:

  Classical: pelonichcatl

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lama (no) m

  Nynorsk: lama m

• Odia: ଲାମା (or) (lāmā)
• Persian: شتر بیکوهان (šotor-e bikohân), لاما (fa) (lâmâ)
• Polish: lama (pl) f
• Portuguese: lhama (pt) f (Brazil), lama (pt) m (Portugal)
• Quechua: llama
• Romanian: lamă (ro) f
• Russian: ла́ма (ru) f (láma)
• Slovak: lama (sk) f
• Slovene: lama (sl) f
• Spanish: llama (es) f
• Swedish: lama (sv) c
• Tagalog: liyama
• Thai: ยามา (yaa-maa)
• Turkish: lama (tr)
• Ukrainian: ла́ма f (láma)
• Vietnamese: lạc đà không bướu
• Volapük: lamad (vo)
• Welsh: lama m

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

llama (plural llamas)

1. Archaic form of lama.
   • 1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage:

     He was, as it were, a great Llama, shut up in a holy of holies, inscrutable, invisible, inexorable,—not to be seen by men's eyes or heard by their ears, hardly to be mentioned by ordinary men at such periods as these without an inward quaking.

Anagrams

• Allam, Malla

Asturian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin lama. Cognate with Spanish lama, Portuguese lama, Italian lama and Galician lama.

Noun

llama f (plural llames)

1. (uncountable) quagmire, mud, slime

   Synonyms: llamuerga, folla

2. wet land, field that's always wet and doesn't need to be watered
3. moss (that grows near still water)

Related terms

• llamuerga

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin flamma. Cognate with Spanish llama, Sicilian ciamma.

Noun

llama f (plural llames)

1. flame

   Synonyms: llapa, llapada, llaparada

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎama/ [ʎa.ma]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Hyphenation: lla‧ma

Noun

llama anim

1. llama

Declension

Declension of llama (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	llama	llama	llamak
ergative	llamak	llamak	llamek
dative	llamari	llamari	llamei
genitive	llamaren	llamaren	llamen
comitative	llamarekin	llamarekin	llamekin
causative	llamarengatik	llamarengatik	llamengatik
benefactive	llamarentzat	llamarentzat	llamentzat
instrumental	llamaz	llamaz	llamez
inessive	llamarengan	llamarengan	llamengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	llamarengana	llamarengana	llamengana
terminative	llamarenganaino	llamarenganaino	llamenganaino
directive	llamarenganantz	llamarenganantz	llamenganantz
destinative	llamarenganako	llamarenganako	llamenganako
ablative	llamarengandik	llamarengandik	llamengandik
partitive	llamarik	—	—
prolative	llamatzat	—	—

Further reading

• “llama”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʎa.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈʎa.ma]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

llama m or f by sense (plural llames)

1. llama

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French lame.

Noun

llama f (plural llames)

1. lamé

Further reading

• “llama” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Classical Quechua

Noun

llama

1. llama

French

Etymology

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.ma/

Noun

llama m (plural llamas)

1. (rare) Alternative form of lama

Quechua

Noun

llama

1. llama (Lama glama, a camelid used as a beast of burden in the Andes)

Declension

declension of llama

	singular	plural
nominative	llama	llamakuna
accusative	llamata	llamakunata
dative	llamaman	llamakunaman
genitive	llamap	llamakunap
locative	llamapi	llamakunapi
terminative	llamakama	llamakunakama
ablative	llamamanta	llamakunamanta
instrumental	llamawan	llamakunawan
comitative	llamantin	llamakunantin
abessive	llamannaq	llamakunannaq
comparative	llamahina	llamakunahina
causative	llamarayku	llamakunarayku
benefactive	llamapaq	llamakunapaq
associative	llamapura	llamakunapura
distributive	llamanka	llamakunanka
exclusive	llamalla	llamakunalla

possessive forms of llama

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	llamay	llamaykuna
accusative	llamayta	llamaykunata
dative	llamayman	llamaykunaman
genitive	llamaypa	llamaykunap
locative	llamaypi	llamaykunapi
terminative	llamaykama	llamaykunakama
ablative	llamaymanta	llamaykunamanta
instrumental	llamaywan	llamaykunawan
comitative	llamaynintin	llamaykunantin
abessive	llamayninnaq	llamaykunannaq
comparative	llamayhina	llamaykunahina
causative	llamayrayku	llamaykunarayku
benefactive	llamaypaq	llamaykunapaq
associative	llamaypura	llamaykunapura
distributive	llamayninka	llamaykunanka
exclusive	llamaylla	llamaykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	llamayki	llamaykikuna
accusative	llamaykita	llamaykikunata
dative	llamaykiman	llamaykikunaman
genitive	llamaykipa	llamaykikunap
locative	llamaykipi	llamaykikunapi
terminative	llamaykikama	llamaykikunakama
ablative	llamaykimanta	llamaykikunamanta
instrumental	llamaykiwan	llamaykikunawan
comitative	llamaykintin	llamaykikunantin
abessive	llamaykinnaq	llamaykikunannaq
comparative	llamaykihina	llamaykikunahina
causative	llamaykirayku	llamaykikunarayku
benefactive	llamaykipaq	llamaykikunapaq
associative	llamaykipura	llamaykikunapura
distributive	llamaykinka	llamaykikunanka
exclusive	llamaykilla	llamaykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	llaman	llamankuna
accusative	llamanta	llamankunata
dative	llamanman	llamankunaman
genitive	llamanpa	llamankunap
locative	llamanpi	llamankunapi
terminative	llamankama	llamankunakama
ablative	llamanmanta	llamankunamanta
instrumental	llamanwan	llamankunawan
comitative	llamanintin	llamankunantin
abessive	llamanninnaq	llamankunannaq
comparative	llamanhina	llamankunahina
causative	llamanrayku	llamankunarayku
benefactive	llamanpaq	llamankunapaq
associative	llamanpura	llamankunapura
distributive	llamaninka	llamankunanka
exclusive	llamanlla	llamankunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	llamanchik	llamanchikkuna
accusative	llamanchikta	llamanchikkunata
dative	llamanchikman	llamanchikkunaman
genitive	llamanchikpa	llamanchikkunap
locative	llamanchikpi	llamanchikkunapi
terminative	llamanchikkama	llamanchikkunakama
ablative	llamanchikmanta	llamanchikkunamanta
instrumental	llamanchikwan	llamanchikkunawan
comitative	llamanchiknintin	llamanchikkunantin
abessive	llamanchikninnaq	llamanchikkunannaq
comparative	llamanchikhina	llamanchikkunahina
causative	llamanchikrayku	llamanchikkunarayku
benefactive	llamanchikpaq	llamanchikkunapaq
associative	llamanchikpura	llamanchikkunapura
distributive	llamanchikninka	llamanchikkunanka
exclusive	llamanchiklla	llamanchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	llamayku	llamaykukuna
accusative	llamaykuta	llamaykukunata
dative	llamaykuman	llamaykukunaman
genitive	llamaykupa	llamaykukunap
locative	llamaykupi	llamaykukunapi
terminative	llamaykukama	llamaykukunakama
ablative	llamaykumanta	llamaykukunamanta
instrumental	llamaykuwan	llamaykukunawan
comitative	llamaykuntin	llamaykukunantin
abessive	llamaykunnaq	llamaykukunannaq
comparative	llamaykuhina	llamaykukunahina
causative	llamaykurayku	llamaykukunarayku
benefactive	llamaykupaq	llamaykukunapaq
associative	llamaykupura	llamaykukunapura
distributive	llamaykunka	llamaykukunanka
exclusive	llamaykulla	llamaykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	llamaykichik	llamaykichikkuna
accusative	llamaykichikta	llamaykichikkunata
dative	llamaykichikman	llamaykichikkunaman
genitive	llamaykichikpa	llamaykichikkunap
locative	llamaykichikpi	llamaykichikkunapi
terminative	llamaykichikkama	llamaykichikkunakama
ablative	llamaykichikmanta	llamaykichikkunamanta
instrumental	llamaykichikwan	llamaykichikkunawan
comitative	llamaykichiknintin	llamaykichikkunantin
abessive	llamaykichikninnaq	llamaykichikkunannaq
comparative	llamaykichikhina	llamaykichikkunahina
causative	llamaykichikrayku	llamaykichikkunarayku
benefactive	llamaykichikpaq	llamaykichikkunapaq
associative	llamaykichikpura	llamaykichikkunapura
distributive	llamaykichikninka	llamaykichikkunanka
exclusive	llamaykichiklla	llamaykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	llamanku	llamankukuna
accusative	llamankuta	llamankukunata
dative	llamankuman	llamankukunaman
genitive	llamankupa	llamankukunap
locative	llamankupi	llamankukunapi
terminative	llamankukama	llamankukunakama
ablative	llamankumanta	llamankukunamanta
instrumental	llamankuwan	llamankukunawan
comitative	llamankuntin	llamankukunantin
abessive	llamankunnaq	llamankukunannaq
comparative	llamankuhina	llamankukunahina
causative	llamankurayku	llamankukunarayku
benefactive	llamankupaq	llamankukunapaq
associative	llamankupura	llamankukunapura
distributive	llamankunka	llamankukunanka
exclusive	llamankulla	llamankukunalla

Descendants

• → Spanish: llama (see there for further descendants)

See also

• allpaqa
• wanaku
• wik'uña

Further reading

• Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2005) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua/Qheswa-español-qheswa simi taqe‎^[1], Cuzco: Regional Government of Cuzco

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝama/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ma]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝama/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ma]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈʎama/ [ˈʎa.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃama/ [ˈʃa.ma]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒama/ [ˈʒa.ma]

• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: lla‧ma

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin flamma, itself from Proto-Italic *flagmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥g- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Compare flagrō (“to blaze”) from the same root.

Noun

llama f (plural llamas)

1. flame

   Synonym: flama

Derived terms

• a la llama
• apagallamas
• en llamas
• lanzallamas
• llamarada
• llamear

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua llama.

Noun

llama f (plural llamas)

1. llama (camelid mammal)

Coordinate terms

• (Camelids) camélido; camello (dromedario, camello bactriano), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuña ^{(Category: es:Camelids)}

Descendants

• → Basque: llama
• → Catalan: llama
• → English: llama
  • → Chinese: 駱馬／骆马 (luòmǎ) (semantic loan)
  • → Irish: láma
  • → Japanese: ラマ (rama)
  • → Korean: 라마 (rama)
  • → Welsh: lama
• → Japanese: リャマ (ryama), ジャマ (jama)
• → French: llama
• → Portuguese: lhama, lama (Portugal)
• → Tagalog: liyama

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

llama

1. inflection of llamar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “llama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28