kuuliva

Kuuliva is a Finnish adjective that denotes something that can be heard or is audible. The word is formed from the verb kuulla, meaning “to hear,” together with the suffix -va, a productive Finnish ending used to create adjectives describing a property or capability.

In standard Finnish, the -va/-vä suffix yields adjectives that express a characteristic or potential. Kuuliva would therefore describe a sound, signal, or message that is perceivable by hearing. The form is more common in linguistic discussions or descriptive writing illustrating derivational morphology than in everyday speech; when speaking, Finns typically use other constructions to express audibility.

Usage of kuuliva is not widespread in ordinary conversation. It may appear in academic or technical contexts, such as language studies, cognition, or accessibility discussions, as an example of word formation or as a label for audibility in a specific scenario. In common practice, speakers tend to describe sounds directly or use established phrases and adjectives to convey whether something can be heard.

Because it is not a firmly established lexical item with a fixed definition in all Finnish dictionaries, its primary value lies as a demonstration of Finnish morphology and as a potential descriptor in specialized writings about hearing or accessibility. See also discussions of Finnish language, morphological derivation, and accessibility in media.