jimatan

Volapük

Etymology

ji- (“she-, female”) +‎ matan (“spouse”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃi.maˈtan]

Noun

jimatan (nominative plural jimatans)

1. wife
   • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:

     Blibolös nog boso! jimatan oba okömof onu.

     Please stay for a moment, my wife is coming right away.

Declension

declension of jimatan

	singular	plural
nominative	jimatan	jimatans
genitive	jimatana	jimatanas
dative	jimatane	jimatanes
accusative	jimatani	jimatanis
vocative 1	o jimatan!	o jimatans!
predicative 2	jimatanu	jimatanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hypernyms

• matan (“spouse”)

Coordinate terms

• himatan (“husband”)