dom

dom

1. (mathematics) domain

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɒm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɑm/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɔm/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒm
• Homophones: domme, Dom/me

Clipping of dominant or dominate.

dom (plural doms)

1. (BDSM) A dominant in sadomasochistic sexual practices, especially a male one.

   Coordinate term: domme

2. (BDSM) Domination.

• Dom

dom (third-person singular simple present doms, present participle domming, simple past and past participle dommed)

1. (slang, online gaming or BDSM) To dominate.
   • 2006, Bitch: feminist response to pop culture, numbers 31-34:

     Nola is actually "Nurse Nola," a dominatrix who specializes in medical role playing. "After that," she continues, "I started domming, which I did for a long time, but have never liked much."

• sub
• switch

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dom (plural doms)

1. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders.

Borrowed from Portuguese dom. Doublet of domine, dominie, dominus, and don.

dom (plural doms or dons)

1. A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil.

• donzel

• dom palm (etymologically unrelated)
• non-dom (etymologically unrelated)

• MOD, MoD, ODM, mod, mod.

dom

1. gecko

• (Myanmar) /dɔm˧/

dom

1. trap

• Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎, Payap University, page 27

dom

1. mountain

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 156

From Proto-Chadic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-.

dòm

1. blood

Clipping of English condom. Doublet of condom.

dom

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) condom

From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɒm

dom c (singular definite dommen, plural indefinite domme)

1. sentence
2. conviction
3. judgement
4. verdict
5. (logic) proposition
6. decision
7. damnation, doom

• dømme

• “dom,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Via German Dom and French dôme from Latin domus Dei.

• IPA^(key): ,

dom c (singular definite domen, plural indefinite domer)

1. a cathedral

   Synonyms: domkirke, katedral

• domkirke
• domprovst
• domsogn

• “dom,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /dɔm/

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• Hyphenation: dom
• Rhymes: -ɔm

From Middle Dutch dom, domp, from Old Dutch dump, from Proto-West Germanic *dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz.

dom (comparative dommer, superlative domst)

1. dumb, brainless

   Synonyms: stom, achterlijk, hersenloos

2. stupid, silly

   Synonyms: stom, dwaas, gek

3. accidental, thoughtless

   Synonyms: stomweg, domweg

• Dutch dom is never used with the meaning “mute”; the word for that is stom.

• Afrikaans: dom
• Berbice Creole Dutch: dum
• Negerhollands: dom, dum
• → Sranan Tongo: don (see there for further descendants)

16th-century alteration (after Middle French dome) of Middle Dutch doem, from Old Dutch doem, from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Latin domus (“house, building”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm. Compare German Dom (older Thum).

dom m (plural dommen or domkerken, diminutive dommetje n or domkerkje n)

1. a duomo, either an episcopal cathedral or another major church (often a basilica) which has been granted this high rank
2. a dome, cupola

• → Indonesian: dom

From Latin dominus (“master”), from Latin domus (“house, building”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

dom m (plural dommen, diminutive dommetje n)

1. an ecclesiastical form of address, notably for a Benedictine priest
2. a nobleman or clergyman in certain Catholic countries, notably Portugal and its colonies

• don

dom m (plural dommen, diminutive dommetje n)

1. archaic form of duim (“thumb, pivot”)

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition)

Borrowing from Italian don or older dom, from Latin dominus (“master”). Cognate with English don.

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̃/

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• Homophones: don, dont

dom m (plural doms)

1. title of respect given to certain monks and other religious figures

• “dom”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

dōm

1. romanization of 𐌳𐍉𐌼

From Proto-Hlai *hnom (“six”), from Pre-Hlai *nɔm (Norquest, 2015).

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /tom˥˧/

dom

1. six

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔm/
• Hyphenation: dom

From Javanese ꦢꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (dom, “needle”), from Old Javanese dom (“needle”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀum. Doublet of jarum.

dom (plural dom-dom)

1. needle

From Dutch dom, from Middle Dutch doem, from Latin domus (“house, building”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”). Cf. Old Dutch duom.

dom (plural dom-dom)

1. episcopal cathedral

   Synonym: katedral

2. another major church (often a basilica) which has been granted this high rank

Various apocopic forms

dom (plural dom-dom)

1. apocopic form of domino
2. apocopic form of domisili

• “dom” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Irish dom.

• dam, damh, dhom, domh

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔmˠ/, (unstressed) /d̪ˠəmˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʊmˠ/

dom (emphatic domsa)

1. first-person singular of do (“to/for me”)

• am
• dom’

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔmˠ/

dom (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) contraction of do mo (“to my, for my”)

   Thugas an féirín dom mháthair.

   I gave the present to my mother.

dom m (invariable)

1. dominant, top (dominating BDSM partner)

• sub

dom

1. romanization of ꦢꦺꦴꦩ꧀

From Proto-Slavic *domъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm.

• IPA^(key): /dɔm/

dom m inan (diminutive domk)

1. house

• domacnosć

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “dom”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dom”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

• dumb, domb, dum

From Old Dutch dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz.

dom

1. dumb, unwise, stupid

• Dutch: dom
  • Afrikaans: dom
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dum
  • Negerhollands: dom, dum
  • → Sranan Tongo: don (see there for further descendants)
• Limburgish: dómb

• “domb”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “domp”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page domp

dom

1. alternative form of dumb

From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.

dom m (definite singular dommen, indefinite plural dommer, definite plural dommene)

1. judgement, sentence

• dødsdom
• rettsdom

• dømme

Ultimately from Latin domus Dei.

dom m (definite singular domen, indefinite plural domer, definite plural domene)

1. a cathedral

• domkirke
• katedral

• “dom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”).

dom m (definite singular dommen, indefinite plural dommar, definite plural dommane)

1. judgement, sentence

• dødsdom
• rettsdom

• døma, dømme

Ultimately from Latin domus Dei.

dom m (definite singular domen, indefinite plural domar, definite plural domane)

1. a cathedral

• domkyrkje
• katedral

• Nidarosdomen
• Slidredomen

• “dom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ᛞᚩᛗ (dóm) — Franks Casket

• IPA^(key): /doːm/

From Proto-West Germanic *dōm.

Cognate with Old Frisian dōm, Old Saxon dōm, Old High German tuom, Old Norse dómr, Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms). The Germanic source was from a stem verb originally meaning ‘to place, to set’ (a sense-development also found in Latin statutum, Ancient Greek θέμις (thémis)).

dōm m

1. judgment
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Ne sċeall nān godes þeġn for sċeattum riht dēman, ac healdan þone dōm ġif godes man sȳ...

     Nor shall one of God's servants decide a law for wealth, but maintain the judgement if he is a man of God...

2. sentence
3. law, statute
   • Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric

     Þis syndon þā dōmas ðe Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, asetton. Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, ēcton þā ǣ, þā ðe heora aldoras ǣr ġeworhten, ðyssum dōmum þe hȳr efter sæġeþ.

     These are the laws that Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, laid down. Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, added these laws listed hereafter to the laws their ancestors created.

   Synonym: ǣ

4. fame, repute

Strong a-stem:

• dēman
• -dōm

• Middle English: doom, doim, dom, dome
  • English: doom
  • Middle Scots: dome, dume

From Proto-Germanic *dōmi, first-person singular of *dōną (“to do”).

dōm

1. first-person singular present indicative of dōn

From Vulgar Latin de + unde.

dom

1. of whom; of which

• French: dont

Univerbation of do (“to, for”) +‎ mé (“me”)

• IPA^(key):

dom

1. first-person singular of do: to/for me

• dam

• Irish: dom, domh
• Manx: dou
• Scottish Gaelic: dhomh, domh

Univerbation of do (“to, for”) +‎ mo (“my”)

• IPA^(key):

dom (triggers lenition)

1. to/for my

From Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from the root *dem- (“to build”).

• IPA^(key):

dom ?

1. home
2. house

   Synonyms: atrab, lann, tech, tegdais, treb

• dom liacc (“stone house, stone church”)

• Scottish Gaelic: domh

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *domъ. First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /dɔ(ː)m/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /dɔm/, /dom/

dom m inan

1. (attested in Greater Poland, Lesser Poland) house (building for living)
   • 1887, 1889 , Józef Lekszycki, editor, Die ältesten großpolnischen Grodbücher, volume II, number 1773, Pyzdry, Gniezno, Kościan:

     Orandowal *iszm do gich domv, by penødze brali, a ony gich nechczeli wzącz

     śm do jich domu, by pieniądze brali, a oni jich nie chcieli wziąć]

   • 1939 , Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki ‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego , pages 83, 3:

     Wrobl nalazl sobe dom a gardliczya gnazdo, gdze poloszi *kurzota swoia (passer invenit sibi domum et turtur nidum sibi, ubi ponat pullos suos)

2. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • 1874-1891 , Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^{, ,} , volume XVI, page 350:

     Pomyslony dom architipica

3. (religion, usually in collocation with another word, attested in Lesser poland) temple
   • 1939 , Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki ‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego , pages 25, 8:

     Gospodne, milowal iesm crasø domu twego (dilexi decorem domus tuae)

   • 1939 , Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki ‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego , pages 22, 9:

     Abich przebiwal w domu boszem na dluge dny (ut inhabitem in domo domini in longitudinem dierum)

   • 1939 , Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki ‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego , pages 121, 9:

     Ieruszalem!... Prze dom gospodna, boga naszego (propter domum domini dei nostri), szvkal gesm dobra tobe

   • 1939 , Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki ‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego , pages 28, 2:

     Prosicze gospodna w domu swøtem iego (in atrio sancto eius)

   • 1939 , Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki ‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego , pages 134, 2:

     Ymø panowo chalcze slughy panowy, gysz stoycze w domw panowem w *stremech domv boga naszego (qui statis in domo domini, in atriis domus dei nostri)

     alcie, sługi Pana, jiż stoicie w domu panowem, w strzemiech domu Boga naszego (qui statis in domo domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri)]

   • 1930 , “I Esdr”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 7, 16:

     Szrzebro y zloto, ... kaplani, gisz dobrowolnye offyerowaly domv boga swego (domui dei sui), gesz gest w Ierusalem, swyebodnye wezmy

   • 1875 , Stanisław Motty, editor, Książeczka do nabożeństwa Jadwigi księżniczki polskiej‎, Modlitewnik Nawojki, page 82:

     Yakom ya przed czya szmyala wnydz w thwoy dom modlythwy

4. (with some adjectives, attested in Greater Poland) house; home (place where specialized activities are carried out)
   • 1930 , “IV Reg”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 20, 13:

     (Ezechiasz) vkazal gym dom drogych mascy y zloto, y srzebro, y lektwarze rozmayte, a mascy, a ssødi, y wszitko, czso mogl myecz w swich skarbyech (ostendit eis domum aromatum et aurum, et argentum, et pigmenta varia, unguenta quoque, et domum vasorum suorum, et omnia, quae habere poterat in thesauris suis)

   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 449:

     Nye czynczye domv oycza mego domv kupyeczskyego (nolite facere domum patris mei domum negotiationis Jo 2, 16)!

   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 63:

     Iozeph poyal osyelka... y vyodl y w yeden dom pospolny (diversorium), yenze tedy byl prozny

     pojął osiełka..., i wwiodł ji w jeden dom pospolny (diversorium), jenże tedy był prozny]

   • 1874-1891 , Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^{, ,} , volume XLVII, page 359:

     Do nyeczystego domu ad lupanar

   • 1908 , Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490‎, Lubiń, page 13:

     Nayemny dom conducibilis domus

5. (attested in Lesser Poland) house, household; family
   • 1939 , Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki ‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego , pages 97, 4:

     Wzpomonøl iest miloserdzu swemu y prawdze swoiey domowi Israhel (domui Israel)

• Polish: dom
• Silesian: dōm

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “dom”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “dom”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “dom”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “dom”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

dom

1. mountain

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 8

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

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Inherited from Old Polish dom.

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: dom

dom m inan (diminutive domek)

1. house (building for living)

   dom aukcyjny ― auction house

2. home (place where one resides)

   Synonyms: chałupa, chata

   Idę do domu. ― I'm going home.

3. house, household; family (people within a home)
4. household (all affairs associated with a family within a home)
5. (literary) house (royal, aristocratic, or otherwise high-society family)
6. house; home (place where specialized activities are carried out)

The form domie in the locative and vocative is considered dated.

It must be noted, however, that -ie is the regular and productive locative suffix in modern Polish for roots ending with -m or -n. This is reflected in derived terms, such as brand names ending with -dom, and place names (e.g. Dom), for which the ending is always regularized to -ie in the locative.

Compare syn and pan for the same exception.

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), dom is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 32 times in scientific texts, 59 times in news, 39 times in essays, 119 times in fiction, and 124 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 373 times, making it the 134th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

• dom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “dom”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
• “DOM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku , 02.06.2023
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “dom”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “dom”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “dom”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 501
• dom in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

From Old Galician-Portuguese don, dõo, from Latin donum.

• dõ (obsolete, abbreviation)

• Rhymes: -õ
• Homophones: Dom, Dão (Portugal, dialectal)
• Hyphenation: dom

dom m (plural dons)

1. talent

dom m (plural dons)

1. alternative letter-case form of Dom
   • 1930 January 3, “O novo abbade benedictino ”, in Correio da Manhã‎, volume XXIX, number 10742, page 5:

     A comunidade benedictina reuniu-se hontem para eleger o novo abbade, na vaga de d. Ruperto Rudolf, fallecido em São Paulo.
     Foi eleito dom Placido Etaeb.

     The Benedictine community gathered yesterday to elect a new abbot, in place of Dom Ruperto Rudolf, who died in São Paulo.
     Dom Placido Etaeb was elected.

• dona f

Borrowed from French dôme.

dom n (plural domuri)

1. dome

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *domъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

• IPA^(key): /dôːm/

dȏm m (Cyrillic spelling до̑м)

1. home, house

• kuća

• dům, dúm, dum (obsolete)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *domъ.

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dom m inan

1. house

• domový
• domček
• domisko

• “dom”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Proto-Slavic *domъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

• IPA^(key): /dóːm/

dọ̑m m inan

1. home (house or structure in which someone lives)

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• zdravstveni dóm (“health centre”)
• gasilski dóm (“fire station”)
• študentski dóm (“hall of residence”)
• dom starejših občanov (“retirement home”)

• “dom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʊm/

dom c

1. (law) conviction, judgement of court, sentence, verdict, doom
2. doomsday, the final judgement

• döma

From Latin domus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːm/

dom c

1. dome

From the common pronunciation of these words.

dom

1. (informal) pronunciation spelling of de
2. (informal) pronunciation spelling of dem

dom

1. (informal) pronunciation spelling of de

• dom in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• mod

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• (Huế) IPA^(key):
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dom

1. (rare) anus

• "dom" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

From Latin domus.

dom (nominative plural doms)

1. house
   • 1940, “Pro yunanef Nedänik”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, pages 30, 37:

     Ziom oba binom bumavan, bumom domis in zif.

     My uncle is an architect, he builds houses in the city.

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