Sperantapük
Volapük
editEtymology
editCompound of Speranta (“of Esperanto”), genitive singular of Sperant (“bound morpheme derived from Esperanto”) + pük (“language”) (morpheme structure: Sperant (“Esperanto”) + -a (“genitive morpheme”) + pük (“language”) = Sperantapük (Esperanto language / Doktoro Esperanto's language))
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSperantapük
- Esperanto (an international auxiliary language)
Declension
editdeclension of Sperantapük
singular | |
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nominative | Sperantapük |
genitive | Sperantapüka |
dative | Sperantapüke |
accusative | Sperantapüki |
vocative 1 | o Sperantapük! |
predicative 2 | Sperantapüku |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
edit- hi-Sperantapükan (“male user of Esperanto, male Esperantist”)
- ji-Sperantapükan (“female user of Esperanto, female Esperantist”)
- Sperantapükik (“of or relating to Esperanto (the auxiliary language)”)
- Sperantapükän (“notional land of Esperantists, Esperantujo”)
- Sperantapükan (“user of Esperanto, Esperantist”)
- Sperantapükav (“linguistic study of Esperanto, Esperantology”)
- Sperantapükavan (“specialist in Esperantology, Esperantologist”)