vivu
Asturian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbibu/ [ˈbi.β̞u]
- Rhymes: -ibu
- Syllabification: vi‧vu
Adjective
vivu m sg (feminine singular viva, neuter singular vivo, masculine plural vivos, feminine plural vives)
- 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.
- 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?
- 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: (file) - Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: vi‧vu
Verb
vivu
- imperative of vivi
Interjection
vivu
- long live
- Vivu Zamenhof, vivu Esperanto!
- Long live Zamenhof, long live Esperanto!
Swahili
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe BLR 6121”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvi.vu/
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Adjective
-vivu (declinable)
Declension
| Noun class | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| m-wa class(I/II) | mvivu | wavivu |
| 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 |