лама

See also: Лама and Appendix:Variations of "lama"

Chechen

Etymology

From Proto-Nakh *lamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlama/

Adverb

лама • (lama)

  1. day after tomorrow

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic لاما
Cyrillic лама
Latin lama

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian ла́ма (láma), from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

лама • (lama)

  1. llama, Lama glama

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian ла́ма (láma), from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

лама • (lama)

  1. (Buddhism) lama
Declension
Declension of лама
singular plural
nominative лама (lama) ламалар (lamalar)
genitive ламаның (lamanyñ) ламалардың (lamalardyñ)
dative ламаға (lamağa) ламаларға (lamalarğa)
accusative ламаны (lamany) ламаларды (lamalardy)
locative ламада (lamada) ламаларда (lamalarda)
ablative ламадан (lamadan) ламалардан (lamalardan)
instrumental ламамен (lamamen) ламалармен (lamalarmen)

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫama]

Noun

лама • (lamaf (diminutive ламиче, augmentative ламиште)

  1. llama

Declension

Declension of лама
singular plural
indefinite лама (lama) лами (lami)
definite unspecified ламата (lamata) ламите (lamite)
definite proximal ламава (lamava) ламиве (lamive)
definite distal ламана (lamana) ламине (lamine)
vocative ламо (lamo) лами (lami)

Moksha

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.mə/

Adverb

лама • (lama)

  1. much, many, a lot of, plenty of

Derived terms

Noun

лама • (lama)

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

Declension

Declension of лама (lama)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
лама (lama) ламат (lamat)
genitive
(of ...)
ламань (lamań)
dative
(to ...)
ламанди (lamandi)
comparative
(like ...)
ламашка (lamaška)
ablative
(than ...)
ламада (lamada)
lative
(into ...)
ламав (lamav)
illative
(into ...)
ламас (lamas)
inessive
(in ...)
ламаса (lamasa)
elative
(out of ...)
ламаста (lamasta)
prolative
(through ...)
ламава (lamava)
causative
(for ...)
ламанкса (lamanksa)
translative
(becoming ...)
ламакс (lamaks)
abessive
(without ...)
ламафтома (lamaftoma)
Definite declension of лама (lama)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
ламась (lamaś) ламатне (lamatne)
genitive
(of ...)
ламать (lamať) ламатнень (lamatneń)
dative
(to ...)
ламати (lamati) ламатненди (lamatnendi)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫamə]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

ла́ма • (lámaf anim (genitive ла́мы, nominative plural ла́мы, genitive plural лам)

  1. llama (South American mammal of the camel family, Llama glama)
Declension
Descendants
  • Kazakh: лама (lama)

Etymology 2

From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

Noun

ла́ма • (lámam anim (genitive ла́мы, nominative plural ла́мы, genitive plural лам)

  1. (Buddhism) lama
    • 1875, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава пятая”, in На краю света; English translation from Alfred Edward Chamot, transl., On the Edge of the World, 1923:
      В э́то са́мое вре́мя я, как наро́чно, получи́л из Петербу́рга извеще́ние, что, по та́мошнему благоусмотре́нию, у нас в Сиби́ри увели́чивается число́ будди́йских ка́пищ и удва́иваются шта́ты лам.
      V éto sámoje vrémja ja, kak naróšno, polučíl iz Peterbúrga izveščénije, što, po támošnemu blagousmotréniju, u nas v Sibíri uvelíčivajetsja čisló buddíjskix kápišč i udváivajutsja štáty lam.
      At that very time, as if on purpose, I received a notification from ​Petersburg that authority had graciously been given to increase greatly the number of Buddhist temples, and that the lists of lamas permitted in Siberia had been doubled.
Declension

Etymology 3

From Sumerian 𒀭𒆗 (dlammař [AN.KAL]).

Noun

ла́ма • (lámaf anim (genitive ла́мы, nominative plural ла́мы, genitive plural лам)

  1. (mythology) lama, Sumerian beneficent protective female deity
Declension