кива

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Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyxati.

Verb

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

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

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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

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кива (kivaf (plural киви)

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

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Pronoun

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кива (kiva)

  1. indefinite singular prolative of кие (kije)

References

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