näsäkav

Volapük

Etymology

From näsäk (“insect”) +‎ -av (“field of knowledge (science, study)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɛ.sɛ.ˈkav]
• Hyphenation: nä‧sä‧kav

Noun

näsäkav (uncountable näsäkavs)

1. entomology, insectology

Declension

declension of näsäkav

	singular
nominative	näsäkav
genitive	näsäkava
dative	näsäkave
accusative	näsäkavi
vocative 1	o näsäkav!
predicative 2	näsäkavu

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

Synonyms

• (obsolete): sökav

Derived terms

• näsäkavan (“entomologist, insectologist”)
• näsäkavik (“entomological, insectological”)

See also

• (Original Volapük): sök (“insect”)
• (New Volapük): näsäk (“insect”))