tuvön

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French trouver (“to find”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈvøn/

Verb

tuvön

1. to find
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VII:

     Sukolsöd, ed otuvols!

     Search, and you will find!

   • 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.