Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English bring (bring → blin, r → l) (cf. German: bringen, Low German: bringen, Yiddish: ברענגען (brengen), Danish: bringe, Norwegian (Bokmål): bringe, Norwegian (Nynorsk): bringe, Swedish: bringa, Afrikaans: bringen, Dutch: brengen, West Frisian: bringe, North Frisian: bring, Tok Pisin: bringim).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bli. ˈnøn]
  • Hyphenation: bli‧nön

Verb

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blinön

  1. (transitive) to bring
    • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
      Ramenolös vabi, plidö! ad blinön obi lü stajon!
      Call a cab, please, to bring me to the station.

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