hisvan

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English he-swan [1]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hiˈsvan]

Noun

hisvan (genitive hisvana, plural hisvans)

1. male swan, cob, he-swan

Declension

Declension of hisvan

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hisvan	hisvans
Genitive	hisvana	hisvanas
Dative	hisvane	hisvanes
Accusative	hisvani	hisvanis
Predicative1	hisvanu	hisvanus
Vocative	o hisvan	o hisvans

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Hypernyms

• böd
• nim
• svan

Hyponyms

• hisvanil (diminutive)
• musigasvan (“whooper swan”), Cygnus cygnus (synonyms: Cycnus musicus, Cygnus musicus (both obsolete))

Coordinate terms

• jisvan

See also

• dök
• gan
• pijun