Spanish adopted Quechua llama with little visible alteration.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
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llama
llama; Andean camelid
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedQuechua source (variety unspecified) · Quechua historical and modern record · andean camelidllama
llama; Lama glama
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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The Quechua animal name remained the animal label.
Colonial Spanish transmission preceded the English record.
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Llama — Word HistoryWord History — Spanish, from Quechua
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Identifies the Quechua source.
Llama — Diccionario de la lengua españolallama² — del quechua llama
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗The Spanish dictionary independently identifies Quechua.
Yachachinapaq shimikuna — chawpin qichwa: Vocabulario pedagógico quechua centralp. 144 — llama, camélido andino, Lama glama
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Institutional vocabulary directly attests Quechua llama.
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