To record something, they used knotted cords made of the wool of the llama or alpaca.
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Alpaca
//ælˈpækə//
Synonyms for "alpaca" (24 found)
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Translations
65 translations across 51 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- alpakka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- lamawol noun (wool)
- skaapkameel noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Arabic
1 entries- أَلْبَكَة noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Armenian
2 entries- ալպակա noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- ալպակա noun (wool)
Assamese
1 entries- এল্পেকা noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Asturian
1 entries- alpaca noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Aymara
1 entries- allpaqa noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Belarusian
1 entries- альпа́ка noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Bulgarian
1 entries- алпа́ка noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Catalan
1 entries- alpaca noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎡᎵᏆᎦ noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 無峰駝 /无峰驼 noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- 羊駝 /羊驼 noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- 美洲駝 /美洲驼 noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- 草泥馬 /草泥马 noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Czech
1 entries- alpaka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Danish
1 entries- alpaka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Dutch
1 entries- alpaca noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Esperanto
1 entries- alpako noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Faroese
1 entries- alpaka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Finnish
2 entries- alpakka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- alpakka noun (wool)
French
1 entries- alpaga noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Georgian
1 entries- ალპაკა noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
German
3 entries- Alpaka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- Alpakahengst noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- Alpakastute noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Greek
2 entries- αλπάκα noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- αλπακάς noun (wool)
Gujarati
1 entries- અલ્પાકા noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Hungarian
1 entries- alpaka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Ido
1 entries- alpako noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Interlingua
1 entries- alpaca noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Irish
2 entries- alpaca noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- olann alpaca noun (wool)
Italian
1 entries- alpaca noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Japanese
1 entries- アルパカ noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Korean
1 entries- 알파카 noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Lao
1 entries- ອູດແກະ noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Latin
1 entries- Lama pacos noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Macedonian
1 entries- алпака noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Māori
1 entries- āpaka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- alpakka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- alpakka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Persian
1 entries- آلپاکا noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Polish
2 entries- alpaka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- alpaka noun (wool)
Portuguese
1 entries- alpaca noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Quechua
1 entries- allpaqa noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Romanian
1 entries- alpaca noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Russian
1 entries- альпа́ка noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- alpaka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Slovene
1 entries- alpaka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Spanish
1 entries- alpaca noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Swedish
1 entries- alpacka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Tagalog
1 entries- alpaka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Thai
1 entries- อัลปากา noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Turkish
1 entries- alpaka noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Ukrainian
1 entries- альпа́ка noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Vietnamese
3 entries- alpaca noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- lạc đà alpaca noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
- lạc đà cừu noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Volapük
1 entries- läpak noun (camelid animal of the Andes)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
An alpaca looks like a horse and a camel.
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They sit on the ground or on blankets made of the wool of the llama or alpaca.
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These warm socks are made from alpaca fiber.
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