Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Coined by Croatian linguist Bogoslav Šulek in the 19th century. From об- + у- + Proto-Slavic *jęti (to take).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /obǔːjam/
  • Hyphenation: о‧бу‧јам

Noun edit

обу́јам m (Latin spelling obújam)

  1. (Croatia) volume (measure of space)
    Synonyms: волу́мен; (Bosnian, Serbian) запремина

Declension edit