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Is kiva a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word kiva is a Scrabble US word. The word kiva is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is kiva a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word kiva is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

KIVA,

3-letter words (2 found)

KAI,VIA,

2-letter words (3 found)

AI,KA,KI,

You can make 6 words from kiva according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of kiva

kiva ikva kvia vkia ivka vika kiav ikav kaiv akiv iakv aikv kvai vkai kavi akvi vaki avki ivak viak iavk aivk vaik avik

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Definitions and meaning of kiva

kiva

Etymology

Borrowed from Hopi kíva.

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkiː.və/
  • Rhymes: -iːvə
  • Hyphenation: ki‧va

Noun

kiva (plural kivas)

  1. A ceremonial underground chamber in a Pueblo village.

Anagrams

  • Vaik, vika

Finnish

Etymology

Originally "fast". The modern sense "nice, pleasant" can be traced back to northern Finnish, whence it spread elsewhere. Probably from the same root as kipakka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiʋɑ/, [ˈk̟iʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ki‧va

Adjective

kiva (comparative kivempi or kivampi, superlative kivoin or kivin) (colloquial)

  1. nice
    kiva ihminen — nice person
  2. fun, neat
    Se oli kivaa! — It was fun!

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Swedish: kiva

Further reading

  • “kiva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • vika

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kífa, from Middle Low German kiven.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²çiː.ʋɑ/

Verb

kiva (present tense kivar, past tense kiva, past participle kiva, passive infinitive kivast, present participle kivande, imperative kiva/kiv)

  1. a-infinitive form of kive

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈçiː.ʋɑ/

Noun

kiva n

  1. definite plural of kiv

Anagrams

  • kavi, vika

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Finnish kiva.

Adjective

kiva (comparative mer kiva, superlative mest kiva)

  1. (Finland, colloquial) fun, nice
Usage notes

Also inflected: kivoga as plural, kivogare as comparative and kivogast as superlative.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse kífa, from Proto-Germanic *kībaną.

Verb

kiva (present kivar, preterite kivade, supine kivat, imperative kiva)

  1. to quarrel
Conjugation

Further reading

  • kiva in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
  • kiva(s) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • vika

Source: wiktionary.org