biva

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bifa, from Proto-Germanic *bibāną, cf. German beben, from Proto-Germanic *bʰeyH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːva/
• Rhymes: -iːva

Verb

biva (third person singular past indicative bivaði, third person plural past indicative bivaðu, supine bivað)

1. shake, tremble

Declension

Conjugation of biva (group v-30)
infinitive	biva
supine	bivað
participle (a6)1	bivandi	bivaður
	present	past
first singular	bivi	bivaði
second singular	bivar	bivaði
third singular	bivar	bivaði
plural	biva	bivaðu
	imperative
singular	biva!
plural	bivið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Ladino

Adjective

biva (Latin spelling, masculine bivo)

1. alive, lively

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

biva (present tense bivar, past tense biva, past participle biva, passive infinitive bivast, present participle bivande, imperative biva/biv)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of beva

Volapük

Noun

biva

1. genitive singular of biv