himatan

Volapük

Etymology

hi- (“he-, male”) +‎ matan (“spouse”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hi.ma.ˈtan]

Noun

himatan (nominative plural himatans)

  1. husband
    • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:
      ‚Ioseph’: himatan ofa, bi äbinom man ritik, e no ävilom jonetükön ofi len jemodastafäd, ädesinom ad lüvön kläno ofi.
      Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.

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

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