vaivé

Verb-verb compound, composed of va (“to go”) +‎ i (“and”) +‎ ve (“to come”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌbajˈβe]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˌvajˈve]

vaivé m (plural vaivens)

1. a back-and-forth movement, a rocking, swaying
2. a change of fortune, a vicissitude

• vaiver

• “vaivé”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007