pǟva

See also: pava, PAVA, páva, and Pǟva

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *päivä, from Proto-Uralic *päjwä.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pæːvɑ/

Noun

pǟva

day (period of the day between sunrise and sunset when one enjoys daylight)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
  pǟva lebbõ
  throughout the day; whole day
  pǟvast päuvõ
  day to day
  sieldõ neiku pǟva
  as clear as day
  sieldõ pǟva āigal
  in broad daylight (lit. "in bright day time")
  pǟviņ
  by day; days instructive case form indicating the manner of doing something
  īds knaššõs pǟvas
  one fine day
  mustād pǟvad pierāst
  for a rainy day (lit. "for black days")
  jõvḑi päuvḑi nǟdõ
  to see good days
  nūorši päuvši
  in young days; in youth
  vaņši päuvši
  in old age (lit. "in old days")
  täm pǟvad at lugdõd
  his days are numbered (lit. "counted"); he is living on borrowed time
sun
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
  pǟva kārgõb
  sun is rising
  pǟva lǟb lūojõ
  sun is setting
  pǟva pāistab, vīmõ sadāb, siz mirīņõd daņtšõbõd
  sun is shining, rain is raining, [they say that] then the dead are dancing
  jegā ažā tulāb pǟva käddõ
  everything comes to light (lit. "comes in the grasp of sun")

Declension

Declension of pǟva (24)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	pǟva	pǟvad
genitive (genitīv)	pǟva	pǟvad
partitive (partitīv)	päuvõ	päuvḑi
dative (datīv)	pǟvan	pǟvadõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	pǟvaks	pǟvadõks
illative (illatīv)	päuvõ	päuvži
inessive (inesīv)	pǟvas	päuvši
elative (elatīv)	pǟvast	päuvšti

Derived terms

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