Danish

Proper noun

Liva

1. A female given name.

Faroese

Proper noun

Liva

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Liva: Livuson
• daughter of Liva: Livudóttir

Declension

Slovak

Proper noun

Liva f

1. A pet form of the female given name Lívia.

Esperanto

Adjective

liva ‎(accusative singular livan, plural livaj, accusative plural livajn)

1. (neologism) left
   • 1993, Camacho, Jorge, La Majstro kaj Martinelli, Iltis Saarbrücken:

     Kie ĝi troviĝas? Ĉu en la liva? Ĉu en la dekstra? Streĉu la okulojn!

   • 2001 June, Ledon, Gilbert, “Cele al aviada terminaro”, in Monato, ISSN 0772-456X, OCLC 12892852, page 14:

     Bone, por aviado Esperanto estas sufiĉe riĉa por eviti la uzon de mal, ekz. oni uzas dekstra kaj liva, ne la danĝeran maldekstra.

Synonyms

• maldekstra

Antonyms

• dekstra

Derived terms

• livuma ‎(“anticlockwise, counterclockwise”)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leip- ‎(“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Icelandic lifa, Swedish leva, Danish and Norwegian leve, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).

Verb

liva ‎(third person singular past indicative livdi, third person plural past indicative livað, supine livað)

1. to live

Conjugation

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

liva n

1. plural definite of liv

Verb

liva

1. former official form, superseded by leva

Novial

Verb

liva ‎(past livad, active participle livant, passive participle livat)

1. to leave

Synonyms

• departa

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

Verb

liva

1. to live

Conjugation

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Descendants

• Swedish: leva

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• lewa
• liwa

Etymology

English liver

Noun

liva

1. (anatomy) liver
2. the mind, used in context of memory and also conscience

Derived terms

• wetliva (lung)