jimatan

Volapük

Etymology

ji- (she-, female) +‎ matan (spouse)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃi.maˈtan]

Noun

jimatan (nominative plural jimatans)

  1. wife
    • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
      Blibolös nog boso! jimatan oba okömof onu.
      Please stay for a moment, my wife is coming right away.

Declension

Declension of jimatan
singular plural
nominative jimatan jimatans
genitive jimatana jimatanas
dative jimatane jimatanes
accusative jimatani jimatanis
vocative 1 o jimatan! o jimatans!
predicative 2 jimatanu jimatanus

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

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