liva

See also: Liva, líva, and Līva

Esperanto

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

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

  1. (neologism, nonstandard) left
    Synonym: maldekstra
    Antonym: dekstra
    • 1993, Jorge Camacho, La Majstro kaj Martinelli‎, 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 "maldesktra".

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

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

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

  1. to live

Conjugation
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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈliː.ʋɑ/

Noun

liva n

  1. definite plural of liv

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

Etymology

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

Verb

liva

  1. to live

Conjugation
Conjugation of liva (weak)
present past
infinitive liva —
participle livandi, -e livat (ntr.)
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk livir, liver livi, -e — lifþi, -e lifþi, -e
þū livir, liver livi, -e lif lifþi, -e lifþi, -e
han livir, liver livi, -e — lifþi, -e lifþi, -e
vīr livum, -om livum, -om livum, -om lifþum, -om lifþum, -om
īr livin livin livin lifþin lifþin
þēr liva livin — lifþu, -om lifþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk — — — — —
þū — — — — —
han — — — — —
vīr — — — — —
īr — — — — —
þēr — — — — —

Derived terms
  • æptirliva (to survive)

Descendants
  • Swedish: leva

Swedish

Etymology

liv (“life”) +‎ -a

Verb

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
Conjugation of liva (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive liva livas
Supine livat livats
Imperative liva —
Imper. plural1 liven —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative livar livade livas livades
Ind. plural1 liva livade livas livades
Subjunctive2 live livade lives livades
Participles
Present participle livande
Past participle livad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

References

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English liver.

Noun

liva

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

Derived terms
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