Nepali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit जीवइ (jīvaï), from Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [d͡ziu̯nu]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: जिउनु

Verb

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जिउनु (jiunu) (intransitive)

  1. to live
  2. to survive

Conjugation

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References

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  • जिउनु”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “जिउनु”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar, page 233
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jiunu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 288