kuiva

From Proto-Finnic *kuiva, possibly from Proto-Uralic *kujwa. Cognates include Estonian kuiv and Veps kuiv.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯ʋɑ/,
• Rhymes: -uiʋɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): kui‧va

kuiva (comparative kuivempi, superlative kuivin)

1. dry

   Antonyms: kostea, märkä

   vuotaa kuiviin ― to flow until dry; to bleed out (of blood)

   päästä kuiville ― to get clean (get rid of an addiction)

   niellä kuiviltaan ― to swallow dry (e.g. of swallowing medication without water)

   1. dry (free from or lacking moisture)
   2. dry (free of water in any state)
   3. dry (with little or no precipitation)
   4. dry (of an alcoholic beverage, e.g. wine: low in sugar)
   5. (figurative) dry (free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness)
   6. (figurative) dry (amusing without showing amusement)
   7. (figurative) dry (lacking interest, boring)
   8. (figurative) dry (abstaining from alcohol)

      Synonym: raitis

• “kuiva”, 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 2023-07-01

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯ʋɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -uiʋɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): kui‧va

kuiva

1. inflection of kuivaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• kaivu, kuvia

From Proto-Finnic *kuiva. Cognates include Finnish kuiva and Estonian kuiv.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯ʋɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯ʋɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ui̯ʋ, -ui̯ʋɑ
• Hyphenation: kui‧va

kuiva (comparative kuivemp)

1. dry
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Yhen lusikan pintamaata paamma kuivaa probirkaa ja pirttulampun pääl noisemma varistammaa, kuin ono näytetty kuvas 2.

     We put one spoonful of topsoil into a dry vial and we shall heat it up on a spirit lamp, like it's shown in image 2.

2. stingy

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯ʋɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯ʋɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ui̯ʋ, -ui̯ʋɑ
• Hyphenation: kui‧va

kuiva

1. inflection of kuivaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person imperative singular
   3. second-person imperative singular connegative

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “куйва”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 677
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 57
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 213

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kuiva (verbal noun of the ku class)

1. infinitive of -iva

From Proto-Finnic *kuivadak.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯vɑː/,
• Rhymes: -ui̯vɑː
• Hyphenation: kui‧va

kuiva

1. (intransitive) to dry

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kuivaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn