laiv

Derived from English live.

• IPA^(key): /laɪv/

laiv

1. living
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 5:8:

     Afta im tek it, di fuo laiv sitn dem an di twenti-fuo elda dem fling dong demself infronta di Biebi Shiip.

     When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the believers.

• laif
• alaiv
• liv

From the direct Norwegian phonemic (phonemical) transcription of the English word live, as in live action role-playing ("LARP").

• IPA^(key): /lɑjʋ/
• Rhymes: -ɑjʋ

Laiv

1. (colloquial) The Norwegian equivalent of LARP. Signifies the particular Norwegian LARP-tradition.

laiv m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. alternative form of live

From Proto-Finnic *laiva.

laiv

1. ship, vessel, boat