volapuque

Portuguese

Johann Martin Schleyer, criador do volapuque

Alternative forms

• volapük, volapuk

Etymology

Borrowed from Volapük Volapük (“Volapük”), from vol (“world”) + -a- (“genitive singular morpheme”) + pük (“language”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.laˈpu.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.laˈpu.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.laˈpu.ke/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɐˈpu.kɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɐˈpu.kɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɔ.lɐˈpu.kɨ/

• Hyphenation: vo‧la‧pu‧que

Noun

volapuque m (uncountable)

1. Volapük (language)

Coordinate terms

• esperanto, ido, interlíngua

Derived terms

• volapuquista