lavi

See also: Lavi, lävi, lavī, ľaví, and laevi

Esperanto

Etymology

From French laver, from Latin lavāre.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈlavi]
• Rhymes: -avi
• Hyphenation: la‧vi

Verb

lavi (present lavas, past lavis, future lavos, conditional lavus, volitive lavu)

1. (transitive) to wash, to launder

Conjugation

Conjugation of lavi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		lavas		lavis		lavos
active participle		lavanta	lavantaj	lavinta	lavintaj	lavonta	lavontaj
	acc.	lavantan	lavantajn	lavintan	lavintajn	lavontan	lavontajn
passive participle		lavata	lavataj	lavita	lavitaj	lavota	lavotaj
	acc.	lavatan	lavatajn	lavitan	lavitajn	lavotan	lavotajn
nominal active participle		lavanto	lavantoj	lavinto	lavintoj	lavonto	lavontoj
	acc.	lavanton	lavantojn	lavinton	lavintojn	lavonton	lavontojn
nominal passive participle		lavato	lavatoj	lavito	lavitoj	lavoto	lavotoj
	acc.	lavaton	lavatojn	laviton	lavitojn	lavoton	lavotojn
adverbial active participle		lavante		lavinte		lavonte
adverbial passive participle		lavate		lavite		lavote
		infinitive	lavi	imperative	lavu	conditional	lavus

Derived terms

• aŭtolavejo (“carwash”)
• forlavi (“to wash away”)
• lavbaseno (“washbasin”)
• lavbroso (“scrubbing brush”)
• lavbutiko (“laundrette”)
• lavisto (“a cleaner”)
• lavmaŝino (“washing machine”)
• lavokuvo (“washtub”)
• lavotabulo (“washboard”)
• lavotuko (“washcloth”)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French la vie (“life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lavi/

Noun

lavi

1. life

Antonyms

• lanmò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.vi/
• Rhymes: -avi
• Hyphenation: là‧vi

Verb

lavi

1. inflection of lavare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• alvi, vali, valì

Latin

Verb

lāvī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of lavō

Latvian

Noun

lavi m

1. (archaic) accusative singular of lavis
2. (archaic) accusative singular of lavis
3. (archaic) accusative singular of lavis

Middle English

Verb

lavi

1. Alternative form of laven