tiver

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English *tever, teapor, teafur, from Old English tēafor (“red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *taubr, from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (“magic, sorcery”). Cognate with Dutch toverij (“sorcery, witchcraft”), German Zauber (“magic”), Icelandic töfrar (“magic, spells”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪvə/
• Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

tiver

1. A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *teveren, from Old English tēofrian, *tīefran (“to mark in red or purple, colour; depict, portray”), from tēafor as above.

Verb

tiver (third-person singular simple present tivers, present participle tivering, simple past and past participle tivered)

1. (transitive, regional England) To mark with tiver, as sheep.

References

• “tiver”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Rivet, Vitré, rivet

Galician

Verb

tiver

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of ter

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈvɛ(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃiˈvɛ(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈvɛ(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃiˈvɛ(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈvɛ(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈvɛ(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃiˈvɛ(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈvɛ(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈvɛɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈvɛɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈbɛɾ/ [tiˈβɛɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈvɛ.ɾi/

Verb

tiver

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of ter
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 217:

     Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.

     When you are in doubt, go to the library.

2. (nonstandard) Alternative form of estiver