lama

Other forms of lama

plural

lamas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lama

What does lama mean?

lama means "a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lama?

lama has 2 syllables: la-ma. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˈlɑmə/.

What is another word for lama?

Close synonyms include genus Lama. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lama a common word?

lama is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lama?

1 word rhymes with lama. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.