biva

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bifa, from Proto-Germanic *bibāną, cf. German beben, from Proto-Germanic *bʰeyH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːva/
  • Rhymes: -iːva

Verb

biva (third person singular past indicative bivaði, third person plural past indicative bivaðu, supine bivað)

  1. shake, tremble

Declension

Conjugation of biva (group v-30)
infinitive biva
supine bivað
participle (a6)1 bivandi bivaður
present past
first singular bivi bivaði
second singular bivar bivaði
third singular bivar bivaði
plural biva bivaðu
imperative
singular biva!
plural bivið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Ladino

Adjective

biva (Latin spelling, masculine bivo)

  1. alive, lively

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

biva (present tense bivar, past tense biva, past participle biva, passive infinitive bivast, present participle bivande, imperative biva/biv)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of beva

Volapük

Noun

biva

  1. genitive singular of biv
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