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Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *päivä, from Proto-Uralic *päjwä.
Pronunciation
Noun
pǟva
- day (period of the day between sunrise and sunset when one enjoys daylight)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- pǟva lebbõ
- throughout the day; whole day
- pǟvast päuvõ
- day to day
- sieldõ neiku pǟva
- as clear as day
- sieldõ pǟva āigal
- in broad daylight (lit. "in bright day time")
- pǟviņ
- by day; days instructive case form indicating the manner of doing something
- īds knaššõs pǟvas
- one fine day
- mustād pǟvad pierāst
- for a rainy day (lit. "for black days")
- jõvḑi päuvḑi nǟdõ
- to see good days
- nūorši päuvši
- in young days; in youth
- vaņši päuvši
- in old age (lit. "in old days")
- täm pǟvad at lugdõd
- his days are numbered (lit. "counted"); he is living on borrowed time
- sun
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- pǟva kārgõb
- sun is rising
- pǟva lǟb lūojõ
- sun is setting
- pǟva pāistab, vīmõ sadāb, siz mirīņõd daņtšõbõd
- sun is shining, rain is raining, then the dead are dancing
- jegā ažā tulāb pǟva käddõ
- everything comes to light (lit. "comes in the grasp of sun")
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