vivinů (02_Asaxi Verbs_ů (List))
vivinů
vivinů
Transitivity / Valency
Intransitive Does not take an object.
Lexical Aspect
- Durative (Activity) — unfolds over time.
- Aspect markers: na- “do repeatedly” · tå- “do once” · ni- “begin to” · chå- “do fully”.
Semantic Field
Smntc_Field Existence / Smntc_Field The Body
Pronunciation
IPA: /vivinuu̯/
Pitch Accent
- Morae: vi · vi · nů
- Pattern:
H · L · L - Class:
lexical
Translations
- English: to live, to be alive, to thrive
- Polish: żyć
Example sentence
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Alternative Forms
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Etymology
vivi (Grass/Life) + -n- (Function) + -ů (Act). Lit: “To perform grass/life.”
Synonyms
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Antonyms
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Root Noun
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Derived terms
- vivinůshá (agent noun) (potential)
Grammatical Note
Derived from the noun vivi (Grass/Life) + -n- (Performance Infix) + -ů (Universal Verbalizer).
Usage Note
Contrast with vanů:
- vivinů: Use for biological state. “I live (I am not dead).”
- vanů: Use for housing. “I live in (inhabit) a block.”
Example sentences
Example 1
- Asaxi: to wo vivinů.
- English: I live. / I am alive.
- Polish: x
Example 2
- Asaxi: to kjèpo vivinů.
- English: The tree lives.
- Polish: x
Example 3
- Asaxi: to wo ŕo vanů, dzè vivinů.
- English: I live in a block, but I am alive.
- Polish: x