yufapük

Volapük

FWOTD – 6 May 2017

Etymology

From yuf +‎ -a +‎ pük.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jufaˈpyk/

Noun

yufapük (nominative plural yufapüks)

1. auxiliary language
   • 1937, “Vödem redaka”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, number 1, page 2:

     Ibä ven jenöfo sevoy, das Volapük dabinon, tän i ostudoy oni, ed oküpoy täno, das nonik yufapükas votik mödik pluon tefü on in kurat ed as kosädamedöm bevünetik neudik.

     For when it is actually known that Volapük exists, then one shall also study it, and then one shall notice that not one of the many other auxiliary languages excels compared to it in precision and as an international medium of communication.

   • 1938, “Pö yelacen”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 1:

     Meug refudik reiganefa Deutänik tefü yufapüks difik edämükon i Volapükamufi.

     The negative attitude of the German government towards the various auxiliary languages ​​has also damaged the Volapük movement.