vivu

See also: vi vu

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbibu/ [ˈbi.β̞u]
• Rhymes: -ibu
• Syllabification: vi‧vu

Adjective

vivu m sg (feminine viva, masculine plural vivos, feminine plural vives, neuter vivo)

1. alive (having life; not dead)
   • 1993, Ramón d’Andrés Díaz, Allugamientu de los pronomes átonos col verbu n'asturianu, University of Oviedo, page 45:

     Que lu maten o lu dexen vivu num m’importa.

     It doesn’t matter to me whether they kill him or leave him alive.

2. living (still in existence)
   • 1991, Xosé Antón G. Riaño, Didáutica de la llingua asturiana, page 114:

     Según la so opinión, ¿ye l’asturianu una llingua viva nel conceyu?.

     According to your opinion, is Asturian a living language in the municipality?

3. lively; vivacious
   • 1996, James Fernández McClintock, Campos léxicos y vida cultural n’Asturies, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 123:

     Asina afalaga l’andaluz Terrero’l baille tan vivu de les muyeres andaluces: […]

     Thus Terrero, the Andalusian, flatters the lively dance of Andalusian women: […]

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “vivu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “vivu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvivu/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ivu
• Syllabification: vi‧vu

Verb

vivu

1. imperative of vivi

Interjection

vivu

1. long live

   Vivu Zamenhof, vivu Esperanto!

   Long live Zamenhof, long live Esperanto!

Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe BLR 6121”)

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.vu/

• Audio (Kenya); /ˈwi.vu/:

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Adjective

-vivu (declinable)

1. idle; slow; lazy

Declension

Inflected forms of -vivu

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mvivu	wavivu
m-mi class(III/IV)	mvivu	mivivu
ji-ma class(V/VI)	vivu	mavivu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kivivu	vivivu
n class(IX/X)	mvivu	mvivu
u class(XI)	mvivu	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pavivu
ku class(XVII)	kuvivu
mu class(XVIII)	mvivu

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mvivu (“lazy person, idler”)
  • uvivu (“laziness, idleness”)