näsäkav

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Volapük[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From näsäk (“insect”) +‎ -av (“field of knowledge (science, study)”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [nɛ.sɛ.ˈkav]
Hyphenation: nä‧sä‧kav

Noun[edit]

näsäkav (uncountable näsäkavs)

entomology, insectology

Declension[edit]

declension of näsäkav

	singular
nominative	näsäkav
genitive	näsäkava
dative	näsäkave
accusative	näsäkavi
vocative ¹	o näsäkav!
predicative ²	näsäkavu

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

Synonyms[edit]

(obsolete): sökav

Derived terms[edit]

näsäkavan (“entomologist, insectologist”)
näsäkavik (“entomological, insectological”)

See also[edit]

(Original Volapük): sök (“insect”)
(New Volapük): näsäk (“insect”))

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