vivu

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vīvus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbibu/, [ˈbi.β̞u]

Adjective

vivu m sg (feminine singular viva, neuter singular vivo, masculine plural vivos, feminine plural vives)

  1. alive (having life; not dead)
    • 1993, Ramón d’Andrés Díaz, Allugamientu de los pronomes átonos col verbu n'asturianu, University of Oviedo, page 45:
      Que lu maten o lu dexen vivu num m’importa.
      It doesn’t matter to me whether they kill him or leave him alive.
  2. living (still in existence)
    • 1991, Xosé Antón G. Riaño, Didáutica de la llingua asturiana, page 114:
      Según la so opinión, ¿ye l’asturianu una llingua viva nel conceyu?.
      According to your opinion, is Asturian a living language in the municipality?
  3. lively; vivacious
    • 1996, James Fernández McClintock, Campos léxicos y vida cultural n’Asturies, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 123:
      Asina afalaga l’andaluz Terrero’l baille tan vivu de les muyeres andaluces: […]
      Thus Terrero, the Andalusian, flatters the lively dance of Andalusian women: […]

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvivu]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -ivu
  • Hyphenation: vi‧vu

Verb

vivu

  1. imperative of vivi

Interjection

vivu

  1. long live
    'Vivu Zamenhof, vivi Esperanto!
    Long live Zamenhof, long live Esperanto!

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.vu/
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective

-vivu (declinable)

  1. idle; slow; lazy

Declension
Inflected forms of -vivu
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mvivu
m-mi class(III/IV) mvivu mivivu
ji-ma class(V/VI) vivu mavivu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kivivu vivivu
n class(IX/X) mvivu mvivu
u class(XI) mvivu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pavivu
ku class(XVII) kuvivu
mu class(XVIII) muvivu
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