Daily words
pūŗaz s
 puri ▫ bura ♦ pūŗazt i’lzõ vie’ddõ purje tõsta ▫ uzvilkt buru; puŗŗidi i’lzõ vie’ddõ purjesid tõsta ▫ uzvilkt buras; tǟdis puŗŗis täies purjes ▫ pilnās burās ● Ni võib pä’zzõ puŗŗõks randõ. J22 Nüüd võib pääseda purjega randa. ▫ Tagad ar burām var nonākt jūrmalā.

ǭŗa s
(a) hari ▫ suka ● Ǭŗaks pū’dstõb ǭ’riņi. Harjaga puhastab riideid. ▫ Ar suku tīra drēbes. (b) etn.  suga ▫ suseklis ● Vanāst ǭŗaks sigīz pǟdõ. Vanasti soeti soaga pead. ▫ Senāk ar susekli sukāja galvu. (c) hari ▫ sekste ● Kikkõn u’m sūr ǭŗa. Kukel on suur hari. ▫ Gailim ir liela sekste. (d) katusehari ▫ jumta kore ● Pivālindõn u’m taļ ǭŗa pǟl piezā. Toonekurel on lauda katuseharjal pesa. ▫ Stārķim uz kūts kores ir ligzda. (e) leetseljak ▫ sēklis ● E’žmi ǭŗa, tuoi, kuolmõz, laigā ǭŗa; ǭŗa pǟl u’m laid ve’ž. Esimene leetseljak, teine, kolmas, lai leetseljak; leetseljaku peal on madal vesi. ▫ Pirmais sēklis, otrais, trešais, platais sēklis; uz sēkļa ir sekls ūdens. Lǭja sai ǭŗad pǟl immar eitõd. E id Paat sai leetseljakute peal ümber heidetud. ▫ Laiva tika uz sēkļiem apgāzta. Ǭŗad valābõd. 86.58 Leetseljakutel valavad lained. ▫ Sēkļi bango.

ēļki s
 kaja ▫ atbalss ♦ īel ēļki HG31 häälekaja ▫ balss atbalss

This portal was created by Līvõ Kultūr sidām (The Livonian Culture Centre) and offers a wide range of information on the Livonians, their culture, language, and history. Here you can discover the places the Livonians have lived, their cultural monuments, the location of their most important archives, and also about new Livonian-related events and exhibitions. You can learn about Livonian traditional and contemporary culture as well as become acquainted with their community organisations and most important personalities. The UL Livonian Institute section contains information about this institution as well as Livonian-Estonian-Latvian dictionary which is updated on an ongoing basis and which is supplemented with word forms and data from the Livonian language corpus. This section also contains the Livonian place name list, a list of Livonian borrowings in Latvian, and other resources for learning about and studying Livonian. The Library section contains a collection of articles, links, and videos on Livonian topics grouped by category.

We wish you success learning about Livonian culture!

Calender
30/05
1920 the first expedition under Lauri Kettunen and Oskar Loorits to collect the Liv language and folklore samples started.
30/05
1940 – Vilnis Blažēvics, a Liv artist was born. Died in 1990.
04/06
1206 – a Liv revolt on Martinsala (an island). The Liv leader Ako was killed.
13/06
1955 – Guntis Zemītis, an archaeologist, researcher of the Liv history was born.
14/06
1953 – Rūta Karma, a translator, was born.