liva

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See also: Liva, líva, and Līva

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂iwos. Compare Latin laevus, Polish lewy, Russian ле́вый (lévyj) English levo-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈliva]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iva
  • Hyphenation: li‧va

Adjective

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liva (accusative singular livan, plural livaj, accusative plural livajn)

  1. (neologism, nonstandard) left
    Synonym: maldekstra
    Antonym: dekstra
    • 1993, Jorge Camacho, La Majstro kaj Martinelli[1], Iltis Saarbrücken:
      Kie ĝi troviĝas? Ĉu en la liva? Ĉu en la dekstra? Streĉu la okulojn!
      Where is it located? On the left? On the right? Use your eyes!
    • 2001 June, Gilbert Ledon, “Cele al aviada terminaro”, in Monato, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:
      Bone, por aviado Esperanto estas sufiĉe riĉa por eviti la uzon de mal, ekz. oni uzas dekstra kaj liva, ne la danĝeran maldekstra.
      Well, for aviation, Esperanto is rich enough to avoid the use of "mal", i.e. one uses "dekstra" and "liva", not the dangerous "maldekstra".

Derived terms

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leip- (leave, cling, linger) (cognate with Icelandic lifa, Swedish leva, Danish and Norwegian leve, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).

Verb

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liva (third person singular past indicative livdi, supine livað)

  1. to live

Conjugation

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Conjugation of liva (group v-25)
infinitive liva
supine livað
participle (a6)1 livandi livaður
present past
first singular livi livdi
second singular livir livdi
third singular livir livdi
plural liva livdu
imperative
singular liva!
plural livið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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liva n

  1. definite plural of liv

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

Verb

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liva (present tense liver, past tense livde, supine livt, past participle livd, present participle livande, imperative liv)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of leva

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

Verb

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liva

  1. to live

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: leva

Swedish

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Etymology

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liv (life) +‎ -a

Verb

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liva (present livar, preterite livade, supine livat, imperative liva)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, usually with upp (up)) to liven (something) up, to enliven (something)
    Han försökte liva upp festen med lite dragspel
    He tried to liven up the party with some accordion playing
    Kaffet livade upp henne
    The coffee reinvigorated her

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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Tok Pisin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English liver.

Noun

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liva

  1. (anatomy) liver
  2. the mind, used in context of memory and also conscience

Derived terms

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