vivinů (02_Asaxi Verbs_ů (List))
vivinů
Transitivity / Valency
Intransitive Does not take an object.
Lexical Aspect
Activity: The ongoing process of being alive.
Grammatical Note
Derived from the noun vivi (Grass/Life) + -n- (Performance Infix) + -ů (Universal Verbalizer).
Semantic Field
Smntc_Field Existence / Smntc_Field The Body
Pronunciation
IPA: /vivinuu̯/
Translations
- English: to live, to be alive, to thrive
- Polish: żyć
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
To wo vivinů. I live. / I am alive.
To kjèpo vivinů. The tree lives.
To wo ŕo vanů, dzè vivinů. I live in a block, but I am alive.
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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Derived terms
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