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
Syllabification: li‧va

Adjective

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

(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 "maldekstra".

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)

to live

Conjugation

Conjugation of *liva* (group v-25)
	present	past
infinitive	liva
supine	livað

first singular	livi	livdi
second singular	livir	livdi
third singular	livir	livdi
plural	liva	livdu

participle (a6)¹	livandi	livaður

	imperative
singular	liva!
plural	livið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ʋɑ/

Noun

liva n

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)

(pre-1917) alternative form of leva

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

liva

to live

Conjugation

Conjugation of **liva** (weak)
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	present			past
infinitive	liva			—
participle	livandi, -e			livat (ntr.)
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)

(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

present participle		livande
past participle		livad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

“liva”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“liva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“liva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

lewa, liwa

Etymology

From English liver.

Noun

liva

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

Derived terms

waitliva (“lung”)
wetliva (“lung”)