кива

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Macedonian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkiva]
  • Hyphenation: ки‧ва

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyxati.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to sneeze
Conjugation[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

кива (kivaf (plural киви)

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

Moksha[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

кива (kiva)

  1. indefinite singular prolative of кие (kije)

References[edit]

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