yelacen
Volapük
Etymology
From yel (“year”) + -a (“genitive ending”) + cen (“change”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jelaˈt͡ʃen/
Noun
yelacen (genitive yelacena, plural yelacens)
- turn of the year
- 1957 January, F. J. Krüger, "Lio spetid e plak Volapüka binons-li? (Vödem redaka)", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, issue 1, 1.
- Pötü yelacen lofobs reidanes lestüumik[sic] obsik vipis gudikün obas.
- On the occasion of the turn of the year, we offer our esteemed readers our best wishes.
- 1957 January, F. J. Krüger, "Lio spetid e plak Volapüka binons-li? (Vödem redaka)", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, issue 1, 1.
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | yelacen | yelacens |
| Genitive | yelacena | yelacenas |
| Dative | yelacene | yelacenes |
| Accusative | yelaceni | yelacenis |
| Predicative1 | yelacenu | yelacenus |
| Vocative | o yelacen | o yelacens |
- Introduced in Volapük Nulik.