# riva
## English
### Etymology

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

### Noun

riva
* A rift or cleft.

### Anagrams

* Ravi, Viar, vair, vari, vira

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin rīpā.

### Noun

riva f (plural rives) (ORB, broad)
* riverbank

#### Derived terms

* rivâjo

#### Related terms

* reviére

### References

* rive in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* riva in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

### Further information

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rīpa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 410

## French
### Verb

riva
* 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: /ˈri.va/
* Rhymes: -iva
* Hyphenation: rì‧va
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

riva f (plural rive)
* bank, shore

#### Related terms

* riviera

### Anagrams

* vari, vira

## Latin
### Verb

rīvā
* 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: /ˈɾi.va/

### Adverb

riva
* up
    aguâ vai riva ― to run up very quickly
    ali-riva ― up there
* above (on top)
    Cêo riva, cêo basso, águ na mêo, sã: coco.Heaven above, heaven below, water in the middle, it is: a coconut.

### Preposition

riva
* (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
* definite feminine singular of rive

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²riːʋɑ/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

riva f
* 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)
* to tear
    Ho reiv opp konvolutten.She tore the envelope open.
* to grate
    Riv litt ost på toppen.Grate some cheese on top.
* to demolish
    Me skal riva dette huset.We are going to demolish this house.

### References

* “riva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Verb

riva
* to tear, rend
* to devour
* to plunder

#### Descendants

* Swedish: riva

## Rapa Nui
### Adjective

riva
* good

## Scanian
### Etymology

From Old Norse hrífa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʁèɪʋa]

### Noun

riva f
* a rake

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Through Italian, ultimately from Latin ripa (“bank, shore, coast”). First attested in the 16th century.

### Noun

riva f (Cyrillic spelling рива)
* bank, shore

#### Related terms

* rivijera

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2016–2021) “riva”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 303

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

riva (present river, preterite rev, supine rivit, imperative riv)
* to tear, to rip
* to grate
* to scratch, especially as hard as to make marks
* to destruct (a building)

#### 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
* river