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All 4 letters words made out of riva

riva irva rvia vria ivra vira riav irav raiv ariv iarv airv rvai vrai ravi arvi vari avri ivar viar iavr aivr vair avir

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Definitions and meaning of riva

riva

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Icelandic rifa?”)

Noun

riva

1. A rift or cleft.

Anagrams

• Ravi, Viar, vair, vari, vira

French

Verb

riva

1. third-person singular past historic of river

Anagrams

• ravi, vair, vira, vrai

Italian

Alternative forms

• ripa (dated, regional, or literary)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin rīpa. In this specific form, on account of its /v/, perhaps borrowed from Gallo-Italic or Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.va/
• Rhymes: -iva
• Hyphenation: rì‧va

Noun

riva f (plural rive)

1. bank, shore

Related terms

• riviera

Anagrams

• vari, vira

Latin

Verb

rīvā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rīvō

References

• riva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese arriba (“up”), with alternation of /b/ and /v/. Loss of initial unstressed vowel possibly due to re-analysis as à riba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾi.va/

Adverb

riva

1. up

   aguâ vai riva ― to run up very quickly

   ali-riva ― up there

2. above (on top)

Preposition

riva

1. (with di) above (physically over; in a higher place)

Usage notes

• To express that something is above something else in geographic space, têm should be used, i.e. têm riva di rather than sâm riva di.

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• riven

Noun

riva m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rive

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²riːʋɑ/

Etymology 1

Noun

riva f

1. definite singular of rive

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rífa, hrífa.

Alternative forms

• rive (e and split infinitives)

Verb

riva (present tense riv, past tense reiv, supine rive, past participle riven, present participle rivande, imperative riv)

1. to tear

2. to grate

3. to demolish

References

• “riva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rífa, from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną.

Verb

riva

1. to tear, rend
2. to devour
3. to plunder

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: riva

Rapa Nui

Adjective

riva

1. good

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse hrífa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁèɪʋa]

Noun

riva f

1. a rake

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Compare Latin ripa (“bank, shore, coast”).

Noun

riva f (Cyrillic spelling рива)

1. bank, shore

Related terms

• rivijera

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish rīva, from Old Norse rífa, from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

riva (present river, preterite rev, supine rivit, imperative riv)

1. to tear, to rip
2. to grate
3. to scratch, especially as hard as to make marks
4. to destruct (a building)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (scratch): klia, skrapa

Derived terms

• rivig

Related terms

• avrivning
• nedriva
• riva av
• riva isär
• riva itu
• rivning
• uppriva

References

• riva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• riva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• riva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Ivar, vari, vira

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English river.

Noun

riva

1. river

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