batul
Volapük
Etymology
From a contraction of balsetelul ( = bals (“ten, now deg”) + e (“and”) + tel (“two”) + -ul (“(bound morpheme for) month (< mul)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ba.ˈtul]
Noun
batul (genitive batula, plural batuls)
Usage notes
- This older term has been replaced by dekul (“December”).
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | batul | batuls |
| Genitive | batula | batulas |
| Dative | batule | batules |
| Accusative | batuli | batulis |
| Predicative1 | batulu | batulus |
| Vocative | o batul | o batuls |
- Introduced in Volapük Nulik.
Synonyms
- balsetelul (obsolete)
- degtelul (cf. parallel contractions: deg(telul) > degtul; balse(telul) > batul)
- dekul