bukem
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bukem m inan
Volapük
[edit]Etymology
[edit]buk (“book”) + -em (“inanimate collective morpheme”)
Noun
[edit]bukem (nominative plural bukems)
- library
- 1946, “Nuns”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:
- Söl: ‚Tarnow’ äbinom konletan zilik dinas valik teföl valemapükis valasotik. Bukem valemapükik omik, kel äbinon ba gretikün un Deutän, ye pedistukon ti löliko.
- Mr. Tarnow was an industrious collector of all things in the field of world languages of all kinds. His library about world languages, which was probably the largest in Germany, has, however, been almost completely destroyed.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bukem | bukems |
| genitive | bukema | bukemas |
| dative | bukeme | bukemes |
| accusative | bukemi | bukemis |
| vocative 1 | o bukem! | o bukems! |
| predicative 2 | bukemu | bukemus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only