Aymara

• Aimara

From Spanish aymara, possibly from Aymara or a Quechuan language. Attested in English since the mid 18th century.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌaɪməˈɹɑː/
• Hyphenation: Ay‧ma‧ra

Aymara pl (plural only)

1. An indigenous people of South America.
   • 1991, Franz Josef Hausmann, “Aymara Lexicography”, in Wörterbücher / Dictionaries / Dictionnaires‎, page 2687:

     Because the Aymara are hungry for a good contemporary dictionary, and because there are so many non-Aymara needing a good dictionary (as shown by the active international participation), this dictionary attracted a lot of attention.

Aymara

1. A language spoken in South America.
   • 1988, Xavier Albó, “Bilingualism in Bolivia”, in Christina Bratt Paulston, editor, International Handbook of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education‎, page 97:

     In Potosi, Aymara is spoken in the Llica region, located north of the saltpan, and in the provinces comprising the region known as Norte de Potosi

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Aymara terms

• “Aymara”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Aymara–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Online Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
• Aymara language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-1 code ay, ISO 639-3 code aym (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Aymara, aym ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

Aymara m or f by sense (plural Aymaras)

1. member of the Aymara people

• “Aymara”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.