Sperantapükav

Volapük

Etymology

Sperantapük (“Esperanto”) +‎ -av (“science”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /speɾantapyˈkav/
• Hyphenation: spe‧ran‧ta‧pü‧kav

Noun

Sperantapükav (nominative plural Sperantapükavs)

1. Esperantology; the academic study of Esperanto

Declension

declension of Sperantapükav

	singular
nominative	Sperantapükav
genitive	Sperantapükava
dative	Sperantapükave
accusative	Sperantapükavi
vocative 1	o Sperantapükav!
predicative 2	Sperantapükavu

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

Derived terms

• Sperantapükavan (“specialist in Esperantology, an Esperantologist”)