pük

See also: puk and pu·k

Volapük

Etymology

From a reshaping (deformation) of English speak and/or (possibly) speech (the word speak, with Volapük pronunciation spelling > spik, letter "s" was deleted > pik, unrounded "i" changed to rounded "ü", and voilà > pük "language"). Also compare newer Volapük spikön (“(to) speak”) (< spik) to older Volapük pükön (“(to) speak”); Newspeak, Oldspeak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyk/
• Hyphenation: pük

Noun

pük (nominative plural püks)

1. language

Declension

declension of pük

	singular	plural
nominative	pük	püks
genitive	püka	pükas
dative	püke	pükes
accusative	püki	pükis
vocative 1	o pük!	o püks!
predicative 2	püku	pükus

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

Derived terms

• pükav
• pükavan
• pükavik
• pükihistudan
• pükihitidan
• pükijistudan
• pükijitidan
• pükik
• pükiko
• pükistudan
• pükitidan
• püko
• Volapük (“(the) World Language, i.e. Volapük”)
• volapük (“world language”)
• Volapükik
• volapükik
• Volapükiko
• vönapükav
• vönapükavan
• vönapükavik