seiva

(Îngilîzî)

Noun

saliva

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of seivar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of seivar:

seivar

to moisten a thread while spinning

Zêdetir bixwîne

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

[ˈsej.βɐ]

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji latînî mîras hatiye girtin: saliva

Hevwate bi îtalî: scialiva

Ji fransî hatiye wergirtin: sève

In summary

Inherited from Latin saliva. Displaced by saíva and the borrowed saliva, probably because of seiva (“sap”). For another possibly inherited example, see Italian scialiva.