Monday, 19 February 2007

Llama

I stumbled across this one, can't remember how as it's a word that I didn't hear in 18 months speaking Spanish.

It means flame, which is strange, because it means, well, Llama in English and, indeed, in Spanish.

It is also the 3rd Person Singular of the verb Llamar - To call.

Incidentally, this is the second word in a row to not have a Latin or Greek root, it comes from the Quechua, llama, which I'd guess also means Llama.

Llama?

Oh, and it's just struck me that the verb 'to call' might hail from 'calling your sheep' or other animals...maybe (?).

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing your experience