liva
Esperanto
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂iwos. Compare Latin laevus, Polish lewy, Russian ле́вый (lévyj) English levo-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈliva]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -iva
- Hyphenation: li‧va
Adjective
liva (accusative singular livan, plural livaj, accusative plural livajn)
- (neologism, nonstandard) left
- 2001 June, Ledon, Gilbert, “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".
- Synonym: maldekstra
- Antonym: dekstra
Derived terms
- live (“on the left”)
- livuma (“anticlockwise, counterclockwise”)
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, third person plural past indicative livað, supine livað)
- 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/
Etymology 2
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Descendants
- Swedish: leva
Swedish
Verb
liva (present livar, preterite livade, supine livat, imperative liva)
- (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
Derived terms
- wetliva (“lung”)
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