Yapän

See also: yapan

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jaˈpɛn]

Proper noun

Yapän

  1. Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)
    • 1940, “Pötü yelacen”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 1:
      In Siyop ya dü yels mödik krigastad bevü Yapän e Tsyinän dareigon, ed in Yurop krig jenon bevü Deutän e Polän, Linglän e Fransän, e bevü Rusän e Suomiyän.
      In Asia, a state of war has already been going on for years between Japan and China, and in Europe war is being waged between Germany and Poland, England and France, and between Russia and Finland.

Declension

Declension of Yapän
singular
nominative Yapän
genitive Yapäna
dative Yapäne
accusative Yapäni
vocative 1 o Yapän!
predicative 2 Yapänu

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

Derived terms

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