lama
noun
- title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlɑː.mə/
name
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish lama (“lamé”).
- lamé (fabric with silver or gold threads woven in)
“The Wedding Dress, composed of a most magnificent silver lama, on net, over a rich silver tissue slip, with a superb border of silver lama embroidery at the bottom, forming shells and bouquets; above the border a most elegant falling, tastefully designed, in festoons of rich silver lama, and finished with a very brilliant roleau^([sic]) of lama.”
phrase
- Initialism of leaving/left against medical advice.