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Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Yapän
- Japan
1940, “Pötü yelacen”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 1:In Siyop ya dü yels mödik krigastad bevü Yapän e Tsyinän dareigon, ed in Yurop krig jenon bevü Deutän e Polän, Linglän e Fransän, e bevü Rusän e Suomiyän.- In Asia, a state of war has already been going on for years between Japan and China, and in Europe war is being waged between Germany and Poland, England and France, and between Russia and Finland.
Declension
declension of Yapän
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms