liva
See also: Liva, líva, and Līva
Esperanto
Adjective
liva (accusative singular livan, plural livaj, accusative plural livajn)
- (neologism) left
- 1993, Camacho, Jorge, La Majstro kaj Martinelli, Iltis Saarbrücken:
- Kie ĝi troviĝas? Ĉu en la liva? Ĉu en la dekstra? Streĉu la okulojn!
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2001 June, Ledon, Gilbert, “Cele al aviada terminaro”, in Monato, ISSN 0772-456X, OCLC 12892852, 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 quote)
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Synonyms
- maldekstra
Antonyms
- dekstra
Derived terms
- 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, third person plural past indicative livað, supine livað)
- to live
Conjugation
Conjugation of liva
| v-25 | ||||
| infinitive | liva | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | livandi | |||
| past participle a6 | livaður | |||
| supine | livað | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | livi | livir | livir | liva |
| past | livdi | livdi | livdi | livdu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | liva! | — | livið! |
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
liva n
- plural definite of liv
Verb
liva (present tense liver, past tense livde, past participle livd, present participle livande, imperative liv)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by leva
Novial
Verb
liva (past livad, active participle livant, passive participle livat)
- to leave
Synonyms
- departa
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
Verb
liva
- 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
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
- wetliva (lung)