kuiv

From Proto-Finnic *kuiva. Cognates include Finnish and Ingrian kuiva, Votic kuivõ, Livonian kūja, Livvi kuivu and Ludian and Veps kuiv.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui̯v/, [ˈkui̯v]
• Rhymes: -uiv
• Hyphenation: kuiv

kuiv (genitive kuiva, partitive kuiva, comparative kuivem, superlative kõige kuivem or kuivim)

1. dry (without liquid)

   Antonym: märg

2. dry (without moisture)

   Antonym: niiske

3. (wine) dry

   Antonym: magus

4. uninteresting, boring

   Synonyms: igav, mage

   Antonym: huvitav

5. matter-of-fact (without sentiment, coldly indifferent)
6. (informal) monotonous, humdrum
7. hoarse

kuiv (genitive kuiva, partitive kuiva)

1. dryness

   Synonym: kuivus

   Antonym: niiskus

2. dry weather
3. (usually in external locative cases) dry land (as opposed to water)
4. (usually in the plural) a submerged sandy shoal in the sea

• kuiv in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “kuiv”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

From Proto-Finnic *kuiva. Related to Finnish kuiva.

kuiv

1. dry