Volapük

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Etymology

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dabin +‎ -ön

Verb

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dabinön

  1. (intransitive) to exist
    • 1938, “Ge lü Volapük!”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, pages 17-19:
      If xamobs yufapükis dabinöl, täno mutobs dasevön, das ons valik jenöfo binons geboviks pro disein.
      If we examine the existing auxiliary languages, we must admit that they are all indeed useful for the purpose.
    • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:
      If nu God klotom so yebi fela, kel nog dabinon adelo, e pojedon odelo ini furnod, no odunom-li mu mödikumo osi kol ols?
      Now if that is how God clothes the wild flowers growing in the field which are there today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, will he not much more look after you?

Conjugation

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