lenoid

Volapük

FWOTD – 30 July 2019

Etymology

From le- (augmentative prefix) +‎ noid (“noise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.noˈid/

Noun

lenoid (nominative plural lenoids)

1. tumult, clamour, uproar
   • 1936, “Jevod”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, number 1, pages 1–4:

     Lenoid, laramavokäds, yans, kels vemiko pamailetirons, mens, kels lüjutedons.

     Uproar, cries of alarm, doors, that are fiercely jerked open, people, who are rushing near.

Declension

declension of lenoid

	singular	plural
nominative	lenoid	lenoids
genitive	lenoida	lenoidas
dative	lenoide	lenoides
accusative	lenoidi	lenoidis
vocative 1	o lenoid!	o lenoids!
predicative 2	lenoidu	lenoidus

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