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vivu

vivu

Asturian

Adjective

vivu m sg (feminine singular viva, neuter singular vivo, masculine plural vivos, feminine plural vives)

  1. alive (having life; not dead)
    • 1993, Ramón d’Andrés Díaz, Allugamientu de los pronomes átonos col verbu n'asturianu, University of Oviedo, page 45:
      Que lu maten o lu dexen vivu num m’importa.
      It doesn’t matter to me whether they kill him or leave him alive.
  2. living (still in existence)
    • 1991, Xosé Antón G. Riaño, Didáutica de la llingua asturiana, , page 114:
      Según la so opinión, ¿ye l’asturianu una llingua viva nel conceyu?.
      According to your opinion, is Asturian a living language in the municipality?
  3. lively; vivacious
    • 1996, James Fernández McClintock, Campos léxicos y vida cultural n’Asturies, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 123:
      Asina afalaga l’andaluz Terrero’l baille tan vivu de les muyeres andaluces: []
      Thus Terrero, the Andaluzian, flatters the lively dance of Andalucian women: []

Esperanto

Verb

vivu

  1. imperative of vivi

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.vu/

Adjective

-vivu (declinable)

  1. idle; slow; lazy

Inflection