kiva

Borrowed from Hopi kíva.

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.və/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə
• Hyphenation: ki‧va

kiva (plural kivas)

1. A ceremonial underground chamber in a Pueblo village.

• Vaik, vika

Probably from the same root as kipakka. Originally "fast". The modern sense "nice, pleasant" can be traced back to northern Finnish, whence it spread elsewhere.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiʋɑ/,
• Rhymes: -iʋɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧va

kiva (comparative kivempi or kivampi, superlative kivoin or kivin)

1. nice, pleasant

   Synonyms: mukava, miellyttävä

   kiva ihminen ― nice person

2. fun, neat

   Synonym: hauska

   Se oli kivaa! ― It was fun!

Formerly considered informal.

• → Swedish: kiva

• “kiva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• vika

From Old Norse kífa, from Middle Low German kiven.

• IPA^(key): /²çiː.ʋɑ/

kiva (present tense kivar, past tense kiva, past participle kiva, passive infinitive kivast, present participle kivande, imperative kiva/kiv)

1. a-infinitive form of kive

• IPA^(key): /ˈçiː.ʋɑ/

kiva n

1. definite plural of kiv

• kavi, vika

Borrowed from Finnish kiva.

kiva (comparative mer kiva, superlative mest kiva)

1. (Finland, colloquial) fun, nice

   Vilken kiva kille!

   What a fun guy!

Also inflected: kivoga as plural, kivogare as comparative and kivogast as superlative.

Inherited from Old Norse kífa, from Proto-Germanic *kībaną.

kiva (present kivar, preterite kivade, supine kivat, imperative kiva)

1. to quarrel

• kiva in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• kiva(s) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• vika