pük

See also: puk and pu·k

Volapük

Etymology

From a reshaping (deformation) of English speak and/or (possibly) speech (the word speak, with Volapük pronunciation spelling > spik, letter "s" was deleted > pik, unrounded "i" changed to rounded "ü", and voilà > pük "language"). Also compare newer Volapük spikön "(to) speak" (< spik) to older Volapük pükön "(to) speak"; Newspeak, Oldspeak.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pyk/
Hyphenation: pük

Noun

pük (plural püks)

language

Declension

declension of pük

	singular	plural
nominative	pük	püks
genitive	püka	pükas
dative	püke	pükes
accusative	püki	pükis
vocative ¹	o pük!	o püks!
predicative ²	püku	pükus

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

Derived terms

Volapük (“(the) World Language, i.e. Volapük”)
volapük (“world language”)
pükav
pükavan
pükavik
pükihistudan
pükihitidan
pükijistudan
pükijitidan
pükik
pükiko
pükistudan
pükitidan
püko
volapükik
Volapükik
Volapükiko
vönapükav
vönapükavan
vönapükavik