foldil
Volapük
editEtymology
editFrom fol (“four”) + dil (“part”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfoldil (nominative plural foldils)
- quarter (one of four equal parts)
- 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:
- Tü d. 16id gustula lätik foldil tumyela epasetikon, das pädan romakatulik: ‚Johann Martin Schleyer’: datikan Volapüka edeadom.
- On the 16th of August of this year, a quarter of a century has passed since the Roman-Catholic priest Johann Martin Schleyer, the inventor of Volapük, has died.
- quarter (of an hour)
- 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
- Vipob binön tö stajon tü foldil düpa bü deveg trena.
- I wish to be at the station a quarter of an hour before the train starts.