kiva

Borrowed from Hopi kíva.

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.və/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə
• Hyphenation: ki‧va

kiva (plural kivas)

1. A ceremonial underground chamber in a Pueblo village.

• Vaik, vika

Originally "fast". The modern sense "nice, pleasant" can be traced back to northern Finnish, whence it spread elsewhere. Probably from the same root as kipakka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiʋɑ/, [ˈk̟iʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ki‧va

kiva (comparative kivempi or kivampi, superlative kivoin or kivin) (colloquial)

1. nice

   kiva ihminen — nice person

2. fun, neat

   Se oli kivaa! — It was fun!

• → Swedish: kiva

• “kiva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• vika

From Old Norse kífa, from Middle Low German kiven.

• IPA^(key): /²çiː.ʋɑ/

kiva (present tense kivar, past tense kiva, past participle kiva, passive infinitive kivast, present participle kivande, imperative kiva/kiv)

1. a-infinitive form of kive

• IPA^(key): /ˈçiː.ʋɑ/

kiva n

1. definite plural of kiv

• kavi, vika

Borrowed from Finnish kiva.

kiva (comparative mer kiva, superlative mest kiva)

1. (Finland, colloquial) fun, nice

   Vilken kiva kille!

   What a fun guy!

Also inflected: kivoga as plural, kivogare as comparative and kivogast as superlative.

Inherited from Old Norse kífa, from Proto-Germanic *kībaną.

kiva (present kivar, preterite kivade, supine kivat, imperative kiva)

1. to quarrel

• kiva in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• kiva(s) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• vika