PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. The animal word is Quechua through Spanish; the fire homonym is a separate Spanish entry from Latin flamma.
/ˈlɑː.mə/ · noun
An English animal name borrowed through Spanish from Quechua llama.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Distinguishes the Latin fire word from the Quechua animal word.
separate llama¹ and llama² entriesConfirms the animal route.
Word History — Spanish, from QuechuaThe animal sense has its own sense key and the fire word appears only as an unrelated homonym.