motafat

Volapük

Etymology

mota (“mother's”) +‎ fat (“father”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo.ta.ˈfat]

Noun

motafat (nominative plural motafats)

1. maternal grandfather

Declension

declension of motafat

	singular	plural
nominative	motafat	motafats
genitive	motafata	motafatas
dative	motafate	motafates
accusative	motafati	motafatis
vocative 1	o motafat!	o motafats!
predicative 2	motafatu	motafatus

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

Hypernyms

• lefat (“grandfather”)
• lepal (“grandparent”)

Coordinate terms

• fatafat (“paternal grandfather”)
• fatamot (“paternal grandmother”)
• motamot (“maternal grandmother”)