different between llama vs ulama

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??.m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?m?/, or (rare, foreign) IPA^(key): /?j?m?/
• Rhymes: -??m?
• Homophone: lama

Noun

llama (plural llamas)

1. A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.

Usage notes

A male llama is called a macho, and a female llama is called an hembra.

Coordinate terms

• (Camelids) camelid; camel (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña ^{(Category: en:Camelids)}

Derived terms

• lamoid

Translations

Anagrams

• Allam

Classical Quechua

Noun

llama

1. llama.

Quechua

Noun

llama

1. llama (Lama glama, a camelid used as a beast of burden in the Andes)

Declension

Descendants

• ? Spanish: llama
  • ? English: llama

See also

• allpaqa
• wanaku
• wik'uña

References

• “llama” in Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2006) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua, 2nd edition, Cusco: Edmundo Pantigozo.

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin flamma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?l?- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Compare Catalan flama, Italian fiamma, Portuguese chama, French flamme, German Flamme. Doublet of flama, which was borrowed.

Noun

llama f (plural llamas)

1. flame

   Synonym: flama

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua llama.

Noun

llama f (plural llamas)

1. llama (camelid mammal)

Descendants

• English: llama
• Portuguese: lhama, lama

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry., from llamar

Verb

llama

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of llamar.

2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of llamar.

Further reading

• “llama” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl ?llamaliztli. See also ullamaliztli.

Noun

ulama (uncountable)

1. A (modern) ball game, descended from tlachtli.

Etymology 2

Noun

ulama pl (plural only)

1. (Islam) Alternative form of ulema

Etymology 3

Noun

ulama

1. The devil bird (an avian cryptid of Sri Lanka)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ulama, from Classical Malay ulama, from Arabic ????????? (?ulam??), plural of ??????? (??lim, “learned one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.la.ma/
• Hyphenation: ula?ma

Noun

ulama

1. (Islam) alim

Further reading

• “ulama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Noun

ulama f (uncountable)

1. a Mesoamerican game played with a rubber ball and racquet