himatan

Volapük

Etymology

hi- (“he-, male”) +‎ matan (“spouse”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hi.ma.ˈtan]

Noun

himatan (nominative plural himatans)

1. husband

Declension

declension of himatan

	singular	plural
nominative	himatan	himatans
genitive	himatana	himatanas
dative	himatane	himatanes
accusative	himatani	himatanis
vocative 1	o himatan!	o himatans!
predicative 2	himatanu	himatanus

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

Hypernyms

• matan (“spouse”)

Coordinate terms

• jimatan (“wife”)