pük

See also: puk and pu·k

Volapük

Etymology

From a reshaping (deformation) of English speak and/or (possibly) speech (the word speak, with Volapük pronunciation spelling > spik, letter "s" was deleted > pik, and unrounded "i" changed to rounded "ü" > pük "language"). Also compare newer Volapük spikön (“(to) speak”) (< spik) to older Volapük pükön (“(to) speak”); Newspeak, Oldspeak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyk/
• Hyphenation: pük

Noun

pük (nominative plural püks)

1. language
   • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     Dü lif vobafulik oka ekanom tuvön timi ad studön pükis e dialegis 88 difikis, ed ad pläyön degtelati musigömas.

     During his working life, he managed to find the time to study 88 different languages and dialects, and to play twelve musical instruments.

Declension

declension of pük

	singular	plural
nominative	pük	püks
genitive	püka	pükas
dative	püke	pükes
accusative	püki	pükis
vocative 1	o pük!	o püks!
predicative 2	püku	pükus

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

Derived terms

• pükav
• pükavan
• pükavik
• pükihistudan
• pükihitidan
• pükijistudan
• pükijitidan
• pükik
• pükiko
• pükistudan
• pükitidan
• püko
• Volapük (“(the) World Language, i.e. Volapük”)
• volapük (“world language”)
• Volapükik
• volapükik
• Volapükiko
• vönapükav
• vönapükavan
• vönapükavik