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