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Volapük
Pronunciation
Verb
mutön
- (modal auxiliary) to compel (infinitive of must)
1938, “Ge lü Volapük!”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, pages 17-19:If xamobs yufapükis dabinöl, täno mutobs dasevön, das ons valik jenöfo binons geboviks pro disein.- If we examine the existing auxiliary languages, we must admit that they are all indeed useful for the purpose.
Usage notes
- The definition would just be must were it not for the fact that mutön is an infinitive and must is not, and does not have, an infinitive.