jimatan

Volapük

Etymology

ji- (“she-, female”) +‎ matan (“spouse”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃi.maˈtan]

Noun

jimatan (genitive jimatana, plural jimatans)

  1. wife
    • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
      Blibolös nog boso! jimatan oba okömof onu.
      Please stay for a moment, my wife is coming right away.

Declension

Declension of jimatan
Singular Plural
Nominative jimatan jimatans
Genitive jimatana jimatanas
Dative jimatane jimatanes
Accusative jimatani jimatanis
Predicative1 jimatanu jimatanus
Vocative o jimatan o jimatans
  1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

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