lhama

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lama (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʎɐ̃.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
• Hyphenation: lha‧ma

Noun

lhama m or f (plural lhamas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. llama

Coordinate terms

camelids: camelídeosedit

• alpaca
• camelo
• dromedário
• guanaco
• lhama / lama
• vicunha

Further reading

• “lhama”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “lhama”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026