liva

See also: Liva, líva, and Līva

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliva]
• Rhymes: -iva
• Hyphenation: li‧va

Adjective

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

1. left
   • 1993, Jorge Camacho, La Majstro kaj Martinelli‎^[1], Iltis Saarbrücken:

     Kie ĝi troviĝas? Ĉu en la liva? Ĉu en la dekstra? Streĉu la okulojn!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   Synonym: maldekstra

   Antonym: dekstra

Derived terms

• livuma (“anticlockwise, counterclockwise”)

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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)

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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

liva n

1. (deprecated template usage) definite plural of liv

Verb

liva (present tense liver, past tense livde, past participle livd, present participle livande, imperative liv)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of leva

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Novial

Verb

1. to leave

   Synonym: departa

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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	—	—	—	—	—

Descendants

• Swedish: leva

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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”)