Gain insights about the word iva
Hear; Feel; Examine the taste, shape, or texture
izi (Class 10 Noun) ulu (Class 11 Noun) uku- (Class 15 Noun) -isa (Causative, Verb form) -isisa (Intensive, Verb form) -ani (Directive, Verb form) -akala (Verb form) -ela (Applicative, Verb form) -wa (Passive, Verb form) -ana (Diminutive suffix)
Opinions; Points of view; Judgements
Context:
Plural of uluvo (in Class 11)
A point of view; Judgement; Opinion
Example:
Luthini uluvo lwakho ngalomba? 'What's your opinion regarding this matter?'
To feel; To hear;
Cause someone to hear or feel; Make someone taste
Example:
Ndiku visa nje, ndenzela wazi. 'The reason I'm having you feel [it] is so that you know.'
To feel, hear, or examine thoroughly; thoroughly understand
Hear; Feel; Examine the taste, shape, or texture
Context:
Plural of iva; instructing or requesting several people to hear, feel or examine
Example:
Ivani xa nicetyiswa. 'You must listen [take heed] when being advised.'
Be audible; be understandable or appreciable; be reasonable
Example:
Vakala xa uthetha. 'Be audible when speaking.'
To feel for [someone]; To hear something for someone (usually applied to mean ukuzivela; to hear something for yourself [not hearsay])
Example:
Ndiyamvela lomama ugulelwa ngumntwana. 'I feel [sorry] for this mother whose child is ill.'
Be heard
Example:
Iye yaviwa lanto ebeyitsho. 'It was heard (or understood), the thing he said.'
Hear each other; understand each other; get along with each other
Example:
Vana nomninawa wakho. '[You have to] get along with your younger brother.'