Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

klivi

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