laiva

 

From Proto-Finnic *laiva, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *flawją; cognates include Estonian laev. Compare also Lithuanian laivas (“ship”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯ʋɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯ʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑiʋɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lai‧va

laiva

1. ship ((large) water vessel)

   Synonym: alus

2. (architecture) nave

• “laiva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (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

• vaali

 

From Proto-Finnic *laiva. Cognates include Finnish laiva and Estonian laev.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯ʋɑ/, [ˈɫɑi̯ʋ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯ʋɑ/, [ˈɫɑi̯ʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯ʋ, -ɑi̯ʋɑ
• Hyphenation: lai‧va

laiva

1. ship

• alus, soimi

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 245

 

Cognates include Latvian laiva and Lithuanian laivas. Related to Proto-Finnic *laiva, and thus Finnish laiva and Estonian laev.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlài̯va]
• Hyphenation: lai‧va

laiva f (diminutive laiveņa)

1. boat

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

 

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laiva

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Cognates include Lithuanian laĩvas, dialectal laĩvė, archaic laĩva. The relationship by borrowing to Proto-Finnic *laiva (Finnish laiva “ship; nave”, Estonian laev, Livonian lōja) is also undisputed, leaving the question of which family had the word first. It is now identified as a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *flawją (cf. Old Norse fley “boat,” “raft”) into Finnic and thence Baltic, showing the Finnic sound law *vj > jv established by Koivulehto (1970).^[1] Earlier, a Baltic inherited origin had been sought. Karulis took the word to be perhaps originally used by Curonian fishermen and later spread to all the Eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, and offered the internal etymology Proto-Baltic *leiw-, *laiw-, from Proto-Indo-European *ley- with an extra -w, from *el-ey, from *Heh₃l- (“to bend, to turn”); this theory would make the original meaning “bent, concave (object).”^[2]

• IPA^(key): [lāīva]

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laiva f (4th declension)

1. boat (small vehicle for transporting people, goods, etc. on water)

   buru laiva ― sailboat

   airu laiva ― rowboat

   zvejas laiva ― fishing boat

   glābšanas laiva ― rescue boat, lifeboat

   sacīkšu laiva ― racing boat

   laivu stacija ― boathouse

   braukt ar laivu ― to go by boat, to ride a boat

   vizināties, braukt ar laivu pa ezeru ― to go for a boat ride on the lake

   nolicis airi, noliecos pār laivas malu un sāku raut ūdens augus ― letting go of the oar, I leaned over the boat edge and began to pluck the aquatic plants

• laivinieks, laiviniece