potapijun

Volapük

Etymology

From the genitive singular of pot (“post, mail”) +‎ pijun (“pigeon (dove)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [po.ta.pi.ˈʃun]

Noun

potapijun (nominative plural potapijuns)

1. homing pigeon

Declension

declension of potapijun

	singular	plural
nominative	potapijun	potapijuns
genitive	potapijuna	potapijunas
dative	potapijune	potapijunes
accusative	potapijuni	potapijunis
vocative 1	o potapijun!	o potapijuns!
predicative 2	potapijunu	potapijunus

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

Synonyms

• (obsolete) penepejin

See also

• pijun