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Volapük
Etymology
hi- (“he-, male”) + matan (“spouse”)
Pronunciation
Noun
himatan (nominative plural himatans)
- husband
1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:‚Ioseph’: himatan ofa, bi äbinom man ritik, e no ävilom jonetükön ofi len jemodastafäd, ädesinom ad lüvön kläno ofi.- Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.
Declension
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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