jimatan
Volapük
Etymology
ji- (“she-, female”) + matan (“spouse”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃi.maˈtan]
Noun
jimatan (nominative plural jimatans)
- wife
Declension
declension of jimatan
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | jimatan | jimatans |
genitive | jimatana | jimatanas |
dative | jimatane | jimatanes |
accusative | jimatani | jimatanis |
vocative 1 | o jimatan! | o jimatans! |
predicative 2 | jimatanu | jimatanus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
Hypernyms
- matan (“spouse”)
Coordinate terms
- himatan (“husband”)