Yapänapük
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Volapük[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of Yapäna (“of Japan”), genitive singular of Yapän (“Japan”) + pük (“language”) (morpheme structure: Yapän (“Japan”) (bound morpheme Yap (“Japan”) + -än (“land / country”)) + -a (“genitive morpheme”) + pük (“language”) = Yapänapük (Japan's language))
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: Ya‧pä‧na‧pük
Proper noun[edit]
Yapänapük
- Japanese (language)
Declension[edit]
declension of Yapänapük
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Yapänapük |
| genitive | Yapänapüka |
| dative | Yapänapüke |
| accusative | Yapänapüki |
| vocative 1 | o Yapänapük! |
| predicative 2 | Yapänapüku |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only