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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkiː.və/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iːvə
- Hyphenation: ki‧va
Noun[edit]
kiva (plural kivas)
- A ceremonial underground chamber in a Pueblo village.
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally "fast". The modern sense "nice, pleasant" can be traced back to northern Finnish, whence it spread elsewhere. Probably from the same root as kipakka.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kiva (comparative kivempi or kivampi, superlative kivoin or kivin) (colloquial)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kiva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kiva | kivat | |
genitive | kivan | kivojen | |
partitive | kivaa | kivoja | |
illative | kivaan | kivoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kiva | kivat | |
accusative | nom. | kiva | kivat |
gen. | kivan | ||
genitive | kivan | kivojen kivainrare | |
partitive | kivaa | kivoja | |
inessive | kivassa | kivoissa | |
elative | kivasta | kivoista | |
illative | kivaan | kivoihin | |
adessive | kivalla | kivoilla | |
ablative | kivalta | kivoilta | |
allative | kivalle | kivoille | |
essive | kivana | kivoina | |
translative | kivaksi | kivoiksi | |
abessive | kivatta | kivoitta | |
instructive | — | kivoin | |
comitative | — | kivoine |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Descendants[edit]
- → Swedish: kiva
Further reading[edit]
- “kiva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse kífa, from Middle Low German kiven.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
kiva (present tense kivar, past tense kiva, past participle kiva, passive infinitive kivast, present participle kivande, imperative kiva/kiv)
- a-infinitive form of kive
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiva n
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kiva (comparative mer kiva, superlative mest kiva)
- (Finland, colloquial) fun, nice
- Vilken kiva kille!
- What a fun guy!
Usage notes[edit]
Also inflected: kivoga as plural, kivogare as comparative and kivogast as superlative.
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Old Norse kífa, from Proto-Germanic *kībaną.
Verb[edit]
kiva (present kivar, preterite kivade, supine kivat, imperative kiva)
- to quarrel
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of kiva (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | kiva | kivas | ||
Supine | kivat | kivats | ||
Imperative | kiva | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | kiven | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | kivar | kivade | kivas | kivades |
Ind. plural1 | kiva | kivade | kivas | kivades |
Subjunctive2 | kive | kivade | kives | kivades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | kivande | |||
Past participle | kivad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Further reading[edit]
- kiva in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- kiva(s) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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