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]
• Audio:

  (file)

• 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^[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 "maldesktra".

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, 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

Etymology 1

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

• leva upp

References

• liva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• liva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• liva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• lewa, liwa

Etymology

From English liver.

Noun

liva

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

Derived terms

• wetliva (“lung”)