alpaca
English
/ælˈpækə/
noun
Definitions
- A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
- (uncountable) Wool from the alpaca.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian alpaca derived from Aymara allpaqa.
Origin
Aymara
allpaqa
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Alpaka German
- alpaca Italian
- alpaca Dutch, Flemish
- alpaga French
- alpaca Spanish, Castilian
- alpaquero Spanish, Castilian
- alpakka Norwegian Bokmål
- alpaca Portuguese
- alpacka Swedish
- アルパカ Japanese
- alpaka Polish
- alpakka Norwegian Nynorsk
- alpaca Irish
- อัลปากา Thai
- αλπάκα Greek (modern)
- αλπακά Greek (modern)
- alpakka Afrikaans
- alpaka Faroese
- এল্পেকা Assamese
- અલ્પાકા Gujarati
- allpaqa Aymara