кива

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ки‧ва

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyxati.

Verb

кива (kiva) third-singular presentimpf (perfective кивне)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to sneeze
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Back-formation from киви n (kivi), by analogy to нива f (niva, farmland)ниви pl (nivi), слива f (sliva, plum)сливи pl (slivi) etc.

Noun

кива (kivaf (plural киви)

  1. (colloquial) Nonstandard form of киви n (kivi, kiwi fruit).
Declension

Moksha

Pronoun

кива (kiva)

  1. indefinite singular prolative of кие (kije)

References

  • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 22