klivi

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Of Germanic origin; related to Dutch klieven and German klieben.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈklivi]
  • Rhymes: -ivi
  • Hyphenation: kli‧vi

Verb

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klivi (present klivas, past klivis, future klivos, conditional klivus, volitive klivu)

  1. (transitive, mineralogy) to cleave, to split
    klivi kristalon, ardezoncleave a crystal, a slate

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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klivi

  1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of kliva