Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English speak, respelled in Volapük as (the noun or root) spik (plus the infinitive morpheme -ön).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [spi.ˈkøn]
  • Hyphenation: spi‧kön

Verb

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spikön

  1. (transitive) to speak
    • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:
      Atos valik ejenon, dat utos pöfölon, kelosi Söl espikom dub profetan.
      Now all this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet.

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