kiv

See also: KIV

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Kimbu with v as a placeholder.

Symbol

kiv

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kimbu.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kimbu terms

Livonian

Alternative forms

• ḱī (Salaca)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kivi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiˀv/, [ˈkiˀu̯vː]

Noun

ki’v

1. stone, rock

Declension

Declension of ki’v (59)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	ki’v	kivīd
genitive (genitīv)	ki’v	kivīd
partitive (partitīv)	ki’vvõ	kivīdi
dative (datīv)	ki’vvõn	kivīdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	ki’vkõks	kivīdõks
illative (illatīv)	ki’vvõ	kivīž
inessive (inesīv)	ki’vsõ	kivīs
elative (elatīv)	ki’vstõ	kivīst

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kiv”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish kif, from Proto-Germanic *kībaną.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

kiv n

1. row; argument

Declension

Declension of kiv

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kiv	kivs
	definite	kivet	kivets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• på pin kiv

Related terms

• kivas

Further reading

• “kiv”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• kiva(s) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• vik