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lama

lama

marshy place, bog

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What it meant

1. lama — de Vaan

lama 'marshy place, bog' [f. a] (Enn.+) IE cognates: Lith. loma 'hollow, valley, plot, lump', Latv. lama 'hollow, ροοΓ, SCr. lam (dial.) 'knee-joint, underground passage', Bulg. lam 'pit, (dial.) quarry5. In theory, Latv. lama and Latin lama, may both go back to *leh2-mo-, but the isolated position of lama and the possibility that the Baltic words derive from the root *lem'to break' render the connection rather … — [de Vaan, s.v. lama, p. 338]

2. lāma — Lewis & Short

lāma, ae, f. (cf.: lacus, lacer).

I A slough, bog, fen: lacuna id est aquae collectio, quam alii lamam, alii lustrum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.: viribus uteris per clivos, flumina, lamas, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10.—
II A kind of mastic: Pistacia lentiscus, Linn.; Plin. 12, 17, 36, § 72 (al. lainam).

3. läma — Walde–Hofmann

läma, -ae f. „Lache, Morast, Sumpf“ (seit Enn. [vgl. Paul. Fest. 117) rom.; davon làmàtus “lutätus® Cl. V 469, 37. 508, 1 nach Persson Eran. 14, 111): nach Persson Wzerw. 228, Prellwitz BB. 19, 167f, Walde LEW.* 409 — lett. /àma „niedrige Stelle, Einsenkun auf dem Acker ohne Abfluß, Pfütze, Grube“, lit. Iomà (Akk. lömq „niedrige Stelle auf dem Acker“, bulg. iam m. „Grube, Loch" (die bsl. Wörter trotz Leskien Abl. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. läma, p. 785]

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. lama (scan p. 338; entry #863). Root candidates: *lamb-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. lama (scan p. 362; entry #5686).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. läma (scan pp. 785-787; entry #1487). Root candidates: *lem-, *lämo-, *ulámo-.

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