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lamaEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Sino-Tibetan Tibetan བླ (bla) Tibetan མ (ma) Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma)bor. English lama Borrowed from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).
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Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗lamaEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Borrowed from Spanish lama (“lamé”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- LamaEnglish · e-38538-6939
Lama, n. an animal. [See Llama.]
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Lama, lä′ma, n. a Buddhist priest in Tibet.—ns. Lä′maism, the religion prevailing in Tibet and Mongolia, being Buddhism corrupted by Sivaism, and by Shamanism or spirit-worship; Lä′maist; Lä′masery, a Tibetan monastery.
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Present-Day English / Indo-European
llama
the South American camelid
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- 1600–today
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- gloss
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Spanish / Indo-European
llama
llama; Andean camelid
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- colonial and modern Spanish
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- gloss
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Quechua source (variety unspecified) / Quechuan
llama
llama; Lama glama
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- Quechua historical and modern record
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- gloss
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SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 1
resolvedestablishedposition text
Are animal llama and Spanish llama “flame” the same word?
No. The animal word is Quechua through Spanish; the fire homonym is a separate Spanish entry from Latin flamma.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 2
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Andean neighbors need not be linguistic cousins.
Alpaca comes from Aymara while llama comes from Quechua: the words travel through Spanish from different families.
RANK 64GRADE Aranked reveal
Two identical Spanish spellings hide unrelated histories.
Animal llama is Quechua through Spanish; llama “flame” is a separate Latin descendant.
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historical dictionary8 CLAIM LINKS
Llama — Word History
Merriam-Webster Editors / 2026
source titleAUDIT EVERY USE ↗historical dictionary4 CLAIM LINKS
Llama — Diccionario de la lengua española
Real Academia Española and ASALE Editors / 2026
source titleAUDIT EVERY USE ↗institutional vocabulary3 CLAIM LINKS
Yachachinapaq shimikuna — chawpin qichwa: Vocabulario pedagógico quechua central
Ministerio de Educación del Perú / 2020
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