levve

See also: leve

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• läwe, leawe (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German levēn, northern variant of lebēn, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛvə/

Verb

levve (third-person singular läv, past participle jeläv)

1. (Ripuarian) to live
   • 2015, “Dausend Levve”‎^[1]performed by Kasalla:

     Wenn ich dausend Levve ze levve hätt, köm ich dausendmol nit vun dir loss.
     Ich hätt dausend Levve bei dir jeläv, ming aale Stadt am Floss.

     If I had a thousand lives to live, a thousand times I couldn't get away from you.
     A thousand lives I'd have lived with you, my old city by the river.