kiva
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
Anagrams edit
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
Anagrams edit
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)