himatan
Volapük
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hi- (“he-, male”) + matan (“spouse”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]himatan (nominative plural himatans)
- 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
[edit]| 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