Daily words
jemā s
 ema ▫ māte ♦ jemā ārmaztimi emaaarmastus ▫ mātes mīlestība; jemā sēmḑa emapiim ▫ mātes piens; jemā pie’rrõ 79.3 emasse [laps] ▫ mātē atsities [bērns] ● Tä’mmõn u’m vēl jemā sēmḑa kūora tagān. KK77a Tal on veel emapiim kõrva taga. ▫ Viņam vēl ir mātes piens aiz ausīm.

lipskõz s
 tuust ▫ kušķis  āina|lipskõz heinatuust ▫ siena kušķis

ǭga|pǟit s
 kangekaelsus ▫ stūrgalvība, ietiepība

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
20/04
1999 – a Liv-Latvian-English Phrasebook by Valda Šuvcāne and Ieva Ernštreite was presented.
21/04
1823 – in Vaid village, Lōz homestead, Nikā Polmaņ, a Liv culture activist and teacher was born. Died in 1903.
28/04
1851 – Axel Olai Heikel, one of the founders of the Finno-Ugric ethnography was born. Died in 1924.
28/04
1948 – Gundega Blumberga, a journalist, one of the founders of the Liv Culture Centre and the first editor of the renewed monthly periodical Līvli was born.
01/05
1924 – Tõnu Karma, a bibliographer and researcher of the Liv language and culture was born.