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From Old Swedish kivenäb (“wooden rampart of a fortress”) (compare Swedish kivenäbb), from Middle Low German kīvenibbe, from kîven (“to fight, quarrel”) + nibbe (“beak, bill”). Superficially kiven (“of rock, of stone”) + napa (“navel, pole, pivot”), although this is a folk-etymological form.[1]
- IPA(key): /ˈkiʋenˌnɑpɑ/, [ˈk̟iʋe̞nˌnɑ̝pɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
- Hyphenation(key): Kiven‧napa
Kivennapa
- Pervomayskoye, Leningrad Oblast (former municipality of Finland within territory ceded due to World War II, now in Russia)
- ^ Lehikoinen, Laila (2018) Antreasta Äyräpäähän: Luovutetun Karjalan pitäjien nimet[1] (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, pages 18–19