himatan

Volapük

Etymology

hi- (“he-, male”) +‎ matan (“spouse”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hi.ma.ˈtan]

Noun

himatan (nominative plural himatans)

1. husband
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:

     ‚Ioseph’: himatan ofa, bi äbinom man ritik, e no ävilom jonetükön ofi len jemodastafäd, ädesinom ad lüvön kläno ofi.

     Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.

Declension

declension of himatan

	singular	plural
nominative	himatan	himatans
genitive	himatana	himatanas
dative	himatane	himatanes
accusative	himatani	himatanis
vocative 1	o himatan!	o himatans!
predicative 2	himatanu	himatanus

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

Hypernyms

• matan (“spouse”)

Coordinate terms

• jimatan (“wife”)