piak

piak

See also: piák

Volapük

piak blägahonedik Nolüda-Meropik, Pica hudsonia

piak Stralopik, Gymnorhina tibicen

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pica (“magpie”) (by means of metathesis, the word "pica" was transformed to "piac" and then this was respelled "piak").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈak]

Noun

piak (plural piaks)

1. magpie (crow family Corvidae)

Declension

declension of piak

	singular	plural
nominative	piak	piaks
genitive	piaka	piakas
dative	piake	piakes
accusative	piaki	piakis
vocative 1	o piak!	o piaks!
predicative 2	piaku	piakus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in some later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• (obsolete) skadit

Hypernyms

• böd
• nim

Hyponyms

• hipiak
• jipiak
• piakil
• piakül

Derived terms

• piakanäst
• piakanög
• piakapijun

See also

• krov
• rab