pükav

Volapük

Etymology

pük +‎ -av

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pyˈkav]

Noun

pükav (nominative plural pükavs)

1. linguistics, philology
   • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     De 1852 jü 1855 ästudom in niver tö ‚Freiburg im Breisgau’ Godavi, pükavi, filosopi, jenavi e sanavi.

     From 1852 to 1855 he studied theology, philology, philosophy, history and medicine at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau.

2. branch of linguistics, subfield of linguistics, linguistics of a particular language or time period (compare pükavs jenavik e nutimik)

Declension

declension of pükav

	singular	plural
nominative	pükav	pükavs
genitive	pükava	pükavas
dative	pükave	pükaves
accusative	pükavi	pükavis
vocative 1	o pükav!	o pükavs!
predicative 2	pükavu	pükavus

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

Derived terms

• pükavan
• pükavik
• pükaviko
• pükavs Volapükik, Sperantapükik, jenavik e nutimik
• pükik
• vönapükav