different between sage vs lama

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?d?/
• Rhymes: -e?d?

Etymology 1

From Middle English sage, from Old French sage (11th century), from Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere (“to taste, to discern, to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste”). The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece.

Adjective

sage (comparative sager, superlative sagest)

1. Wise.
2. (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn

Synonyms

• (wise): See Thesaurus:wise
• (grave): See Thesaurus:serious

Translations

Noun

sage (plural sages)

1. A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.

Synonyms

• (wise person): See Thesaurus:sage

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• rishi
• maharishi

Etymology 2

From Middle English sauge, from Middle French sauge, from Old French salje, from Latin salvia, from salvus (“healthy”), see safe.

Noun

sage (uncountable)

1. The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
2. Any plant in the genus Salvia
3. Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• salvia

Further reading

• Salvia officinalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Salvia officinalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese sage, from Japanese ??? (sageru, “to lower”). From 2channel.

Pronunciation

• Etymologically /s???/, but often /se?d?/ due to its English homograph.

Interjection

sage

1. (Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.

Related terms

• age

Verb

sage (third-person singular simple present sages, present participle saging, simple past and past participle saged)

1. (Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply.

Derived terms

• polite sage

Usage notes

• This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems another's (often OP's) own post to be of little value.

Anagrams

• Sega, ages, geas, sega

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• san, son (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German sag?n, from Proto-Germanic *sagjan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?za???/

Verb

sage (third-person singular present tense sät, past tense sat or sät, past participle jesat or jesät)

1. (Ripuarian) to say; to tell

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch saghe, from Old Dutch *saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sag?, from Proto-Germanic *sag?, from Proto-Indo-European *sek?-.

Pronunciation

Noun

sage f (plural sagen)

1. story of heraldry and valor, a saga.

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakeda.

Adjective

sage (genitive sageda, partitive sagedat)

1. frequent

Declension

French

Etymology

From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Adjective

sage (plural sages)

1. (of a person) wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious
2. (of a woman) Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct
3. (of a child) Good, well-behaved, not naughty

Derived terms

• sage comme une image
• sage-femme

Noun

sage m or f (plural sages)

1. A person who is prudent, cautious, and judicious
2. A sage (person)

Further reading

• “sage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ages, âges, âgés

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?za???/

Verb

sage

1. inflection of sagen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hausa

Verb

sag? (grade 4)

1. to become stiff or paralyzed

Latin

Adjective

s?ge

1. vocative masculine singular of s?gus

Noun

sage m

1. singular vocative of sagus

Noun

sage n

1. singular vocative of sagum

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from sapi?. Some forms have been altered on the basis of other words with forms in -a- and -au-.

Alternative forms

• sauge, sawge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?d?(?)/

Noun

sage (plural sages)

1. A sage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom and knowledge.

Descendants

• English: sage
• Scots: sage

References

• “s??e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Adjective

sage

1. Sage, considered, well thought-out.
2. Learned, schooled, educated; having much knowledge.

Descendants

• English: sage
• Scots: sage

References

• “s??e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French sauge.

Noun

sage

1. Alternative form of sauge

Norman

Etymology

From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapi?, sapere (“to taste; to discern; to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste”).

Adjective

sage m or f

1. (Jersey) wise

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sage (imperative sag, present tense sager, simple past saga or saget or sagde, past participle saga or saget or sagd, present participle sagende)

1. to saw (cut something with a saw)

Related terms

• sag (noun)

References

• “sage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapi?.

Adjective

sage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sage)

1. wise (having wisdom)

Descendants

• English: sage
• French: sage
• Italian: saggio

Sathmar Swabian

Etymology

From Old High German sag?n, from Proto-Germanic *sagjan?.

Verb

sage

1. to say

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??.m?/
• Rhymes: -??m?
• Homophone: llama

Etymology 1

From Tibetan ???? (bla ma).

Noun

lama (plural lamas)

1. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

Related terms

• lamasery
• Dalai Lama
• Panchen Lama

Translations

Further reading

• lama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

lama (plural lamas)

1. Alternative form of llama

Anagrams

• Alam, Alma, Amal, alma, amla, laam, mala

Blagar

Noun

lama

1. plate

References

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 174

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lama/
• Hyphenation: la?ma

Adjective

lama

1. old (age of non-living things)

Antonyms

• (age): baru (“new”) (non-living things)

Coordinate terms

• (age): tua (“old”) (living things)

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lama/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French lame. Cognates include Italian lama.

Noun

lama f (plural lame)

1. blade

Etymology 2

From Tibetan ???? (bla ma).

Noun

lama m

1. (Tibetan Buddhism) lama (religious person)

Related terms

• Dalaï Lama

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama f (plural lame)

1. llama (Lama glama)

References

• “lama” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lama]
• Hyphenation: la?ma

Noun

lama f

1. llama

Declension

Further reading

• lama in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• lama in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama m (plural lama's, diminutive lamaatje n)

1. llama, Lama glama

   Synonym: schaapkameel

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan ???? (bla ma). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

lama m (plural lama's, diminutive lamaatje n)

1. Buddhist lama

Derived terms

• dalai lama

Etymology 3

Portmanteau of laat maar.

Interjection

lama

1. (informal) never mind, forget it

Anagrams

• maal

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama f (genitive singular lamu, plural lamur)

1. llama

Declension

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *lama (compare Estonian lamama (“to lie down”), Ludian lama, Votic lama), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame, withered; defective”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m?/, [?l?m?]
• Rhymes: -?m?
• Syllabification: la?ma

Noun

lama

1. (economics) depression

2. paralysis, depression (state of being inable to act)

Declension

Synonyms

• (state of being inable to act): depressio, lannistuneisuus, lamaannus, masennus

Derived terms

Compounds

• lamakausi
• lamatila

Etymology 2

From Tibetan ???? (bla ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?(?)m?/, [?l?(?)m?]
• Rhymes: -?m?
• Syllabification: la?ma

Noun

lama

1. (Buddhism) lama

Declension

Derived terms

• lamaismi
• lamalainen
• lamalaisuus

Anagrams

• Alma

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ma/

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama m (plural lamas)

1. llama

Etymology 2

From Tibetan ???? (bla ma).

Noun

lama m (plural lamas)

1. (Buddhism) lama

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

lama

1. third-person singular past historic of lamer

Further reading

• “lama” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

Either from Latin l?ma (“marshy place, bog”), or from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia but having the same ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lama?/

Noun

lama f (plural lamas)

1. mud

   (proverb)

   Synonyms: bullo, lodo, trollo

2. wet meadow; marsh; slough

   Synonyms: bulleiro, lameiro, lamela

Derived terms

• Lama
• Lamaboa
• Lamagrande
• Lamalonga
• Lamamá
• Lamas

Related terms

References

• “lama” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “lama” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “lama” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “lama” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lama” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rama, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaR (compare Maori rama (“torch”), Malay damar (“resin, torch”)).

Noun

lama

1. torch
2. light

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?ma/
• Rhymes: -a?ma

Verb

lama (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lamaði, supine lamað)

1. to lame, cripple

Conjugation

Adjective

lama (invariable)

1. lame

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lama, from Proto-Austronesian *lama.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lama (plural lama-lama)

1. long (time)
2. duration

   Synonym: durasi

3. ancient

   Synonym: kuno

4. old

   Synonym: tua

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French lame, from Latin l?mina. Doublet of lamina.

Noun

lama f (plural lame)

1. blade (of a razor or sword)

Derived terms

• lametta

Etymology 2

From Tibetan ???? (bla ma).

Noun

lama m (invariable)

1. lama (religious person)

Related terms

• lamasseria

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama m (plural lami)

1. llama

Etymology 4

From Latin l?ma.

Noun

lama f (plural lame)

1. bog, fen

Anagrams

• alma
• mala

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lam?a]

Noun

lama

1. tongue

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) , “lama”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah

Latin

Etymology

For *lacma, from Proto-Indo-European *lak-. Cognate with Latin lacus.

Noun

l?ma f (genitive l?mae); first declension

1. slough, bog, fen

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Asturian: llama
• Galician: lama
• Italian: lama
• Mozarabic: ?????? (lyama)
• Portuguese: lama
• Spanish: lama

References

• lama in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lama in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lama in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lama in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Noun

lama f (4th declension)

1. llama

Declension

Noun

lama m (4th declension)

1. lama

Declension

Malay

Adjective

lama (Jawi spelling ?????, plural lama-lama)

1. long (of duration)
2. old

See also

• panjang

Noun

lama (Jawi spelling ?????, plural lama-lama, informal 1st possessive lamaku, impolite 2nd possessive lamamu, 3rd possessive lamanya)

1. lama

Further reading

• “lama” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Noun

lama

1. field
2. yard
3. lawn
4. playground

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

C.f. Classical Nahuatl ilama (“old woman”).

Noun

lama

1. female

Derived terms

• lamahchichi
• lamahtotoli
• lamatzin

References

• Brockway, Earl; Hershey de Brockway, Trudy; Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)?^[1] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 72

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?lama/

Verb

lama

1. inflection of lapmat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama (sense 1)
From Tibetan ???? (bla ma) (sense 2)

Noun

lama m (definite singular lamaen, indefinite plural lamaer, definite plural lamaene)

1. a llama (South American mammal)
2. a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

References

• “lama” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “lama_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “lama_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Spanish llama and Quechua llama (sense 1)
From Tibetan ???? (bla ma) (sense 2)

Noun

lama m (definite singular lamaen, indefinite plural lamaer or lamaar, definite plural lamaene or lamaane)

1. a llama (South American mammal)
2. a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)

References

• “lama” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lamaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.m?/

Adjective

lama

1. lame

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: lame
  • Scots: lame
  • English: lame

Oromo

Numeral

lama

1. two.

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• laman (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish la mar and Portuguese mar and Portuguese lama ("mire") and Kabuverdianu már.

Compare Nahuatl láma?r.

Noun

lama

1. sea
2. ocean
3. beach

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la.ma/

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua

Noun

lama f

1. llama

Declension

Etymology 2

From Tibetan ???? (bla ma)

Noun

lama m pers

1. lama

Declension

Etymology 3

From French lame.

Noun

lama f

1. lamé (fabric)

Declension

Further reading

• lama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ama

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese lama, from Latin l?ma (“swamp”).

Noun

lama f (uncountable)

1. mud (soil and water)

   Synonyms: barro, lodo

Derived terms

• lama vermelha

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Tibetan ???? (bla ma, “lama”).

Noun

lama m (plural lamas)

1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

Etymology 3

Noun

lama m or f (in variation) (plural lamas)

1. Alternative form of lhama

Further reading

• lama on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Romanian

Etymology

From French lama.

Noun

lama m (uncountable)

1. lama

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ama/

Noun

lama f (genitive singular lamy, nominative plural lamy, genitive plural lám, declension pattern of žena)

1. (zoology) llama

Declension

Derived terms

• lamí

References

• lama in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /là?ma/

Noun

láma f

1. llama (South Americal mammal of the camel family, Llama glama)

Inflection

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Tibetan ???? (bla ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /là?ma/

Noun

láma m anim

1. lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin lama.

Noun

lama f (plural lamas)

1. slime, mud
2. fine sand
3. (Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico) moss

Related terms

• lamedal
• lamero

See also

• baba f
• cieno m

Etymology 2

From Tibetan.

Noun

lama m (plural lamas)

1. (Buddhism) lama (master of Tibetan Buddhism)

Etymology 3

Verb

lama

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lamer.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lamer.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lamer.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of lamer.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

lama (n class, plural lama)

1. llama (camelid animal)

See also

(Camelids) Camelidae: ngamia na jamaa; ngamia (“camel”) or jamali, lama (“llama”), - (“guanaco”), alpaka (“alpaca”), - (“vicuña”) ^{(Category: sw:Camelids) [edit]}

Swedish

Adjective

lama

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of lam.

Noun

lama c

1. lama; a monk
2. (animal) llama

Declension

References

• lama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• Alma, mala

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Tibetan ???? (bla ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l?m?]

Noun

lama

1. lama

   Synonym: alak

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun?^[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), ?ISBN

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?lama/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?la?ma/, /?lama/

Etymology 1

From English llama, from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Noun

lama m (plural lamaod, not mutable)

1. llama

Etymology 2

From English llama from Tibetan ???? (bla ma).

Noun

lama m (plural lamaod, not mutable)

1. lama

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “lama”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies