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

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