sileon

Volapük

Etymology

From the bound morpheme si- (“sky”) +‎ leon (“lion”) (si- < sil "sky")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [si.le.ˈon]

Proper noun

sileon

1. Leo (constellation)

Declension

declension of sileon

	singular
nominative	sileon
genitive	sileona
dative	sileone
accusative	sileoni
vocative 1	o sileon!
predicative 2	sileonu

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

Related terms

• leon (“lion”)
• sil (“sky”) (> si- (“sky”)) (prefix (bound mopheme) for a constellation)
• sül (“heaven”)