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Volapük
Etymology
From the bound morpheme hi- (“he-, male”) + jip (“sheep”) (lit. "he-sheep", cf. he-goat (she-goat), he-wolf (she-wolf); from English he- (“hi-”) and sheep (“jip”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
hijip (nominative plural hijips)
- ram (male sheep)
Declension
declension of hijip
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Synonyms
- omjip, om-jip (See om-jipas - p. 4, om-jips - p. 9, om-jip - p. 12) (older Original Volapük term, now obsolete)
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