oleva

• IPA^(key): /ˈoleʋɑ/, [ˈo̞le̞ʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -oleʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): o‧le‧va

oleva

1. present active participle of olla

   Pihallani oleva auto ei ole minun - se kuuluu leasing-yhtiölle.

   The car that is in my yard is not mine - it belongs to a leasing firm.

   Myöhässä oleva bussi on parempi kuin ei bussia ollenkaan.

   A bus that is late is better than no bus at all.

• Can be used to convert some adverbs into adjectives: see the latter example above. In such cases, oleva is dropped when such an adjective is used predicatively.

  Bussi on myöhässä. ― The bus is late.

• Can be used with present passive participles in inessive plural (allative plural for some verbs) to represent "-able" (able to be X'ed). As in the above case, oleva is then dropped if used predicatively.

  kiistää (“to deny”) → kiistettävissä oleva (“deniable”)

• lovea, ovela

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈoleʋɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫe̞ʋ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈoleːʋɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫˑe̝ːʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -oleʋ, -oleːʋɑ
• Hyphenation: o‧le‧va

oleva

1. present active participle of olla: present
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, N. I. Molotsova, transl., Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Niin kutsutaa maas olevia märkenyssiä kasvon ja elokkahiin jäännöksiä.

     This way the rotten remains of plants and animals present in the earth are called.