living

elävä

elo, elämä (present participle of)
Having life.
(RQ:Schuster Hepaticae V):

It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.

Hunanese is a living language.

These living conditions are deplorable.

This is the living image of Fidel Castro.

He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

What do you do for a living?

plain living

The patron of the living who had the right to nominate a particular priest might make the choice, but the living was actually granted by the local bishop.