Thursday word: llama

Jan 25, 2018 08:18

Over in my main journal, I'm running a theme week of Andean animals, and it turns out this word has never been run here:

llama (LAH-muh) - n., a domesticated long-haired South American camelid (Lama glama) raised as a beast of burden as well as as for its meat and wool; also, cloth made from the wool of this animal.


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l, noun, quechua, spanish

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ersatz_read January 25 2018, 22:29:11 UTC
Have you done cavy (guinea pig) yet?
I used to help this lovely Peruvian grandmother with her English. We were talking about food and she mentioned something that sounded like "ka-woo". I had friends with guinea pigs so I thought she might mean cavy. She said, "Yes! ...Good with chili."

Also, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BrzJLESWY.

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prettygoodword January 26 2018, 15:01:52 UTC
Yanno, I haven't done cavy yet -- added to the list for later. Thanks!

And they are indeed good with chili.

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