Sperantapük
Volapük
Etymology
Compound of Speranta (“of Esperanto”), genitive singular of Sperant (“bound morpheme derived from Esperanto”) + pük (“language”) (morpheme structure: Sperant (“Esperanto”) + -a (“genitive morpheme”) + pük (“language”) = Sperantapük (Esperanto language / Doktoro Esperanto's language))
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [spe.ɾan.ta.ˈpyk]
- Hyphenation: Spe‧ran‧ta‧pük
Proper noun
Sperantapük
- Esperanto (an international auxiliary language)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sperantapük |
| genitive | Sperantapüka |
| dative | Sperantapüke |
| accusative | Sperantapüki |
| vocative 1 | o Sperantapük! |
| predicative 2 | Sperantapüku |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
- hi-Sperantapükan (“male user of Esperanto, male Esperantist”) (Esperanto)
- ji-Sperantapükan (“female user of Esperanto, female Esperantist”) (Esperanto)
- Sperantapükan (“user of Esperanto, Esperantist”) (Esperanto)
- Sperantapükav (“linguistic study of Esperanto, Esperantology”) (Esperanto)
- Sperantapükavan (“specialist in Esperantology, Esperantologist”) (Esperanto)
- Sperantapükik (“of or relating to Esperanto (the auxiliary language)”)
- Sperantapükän (“notional land of Esperantists, Esperantujo”)