motön

Volapük

FWOTD – 12 May 2020

Etymology

From mot +‎ -ön.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈtøn/

Verb

motön

1. (transitive) to give birth to, to bear
   • 1940, "Yunöf nen bäldöf e lif nen dead", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, issue 3 (pages 26-28), issue 4 (pages 31-36).

     Ven jevod älilon de ,Fat-Frumos', das klots e vafs piklinükons gudiko e piblümükons, sunädo älemufükon oki, e luuks valik e maleut ämoikons de on, ed äbinon dönu kuratiko soik, äsä mot onik imotof oni; jevod pinädik gretakoapik labü flitäms fol.

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   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:

     Ven nu Yesus pimotom, tö ‚Bethlehem’ in Yudän timü hireg: ‚Herodes’, ekö! sapans anik se lofüdän äkömoms ini ‚Hierusalem’.

     After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, suddenly some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east.

   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:

     Ekö! jivirgan ogrodikof, ed omotof soni, keli onemoy eli ‚Emmanuel’, kela tradutod binon: God binom ko obs.

     Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means „God-is-with-us”.