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Volapük
Etymology
From pöfik (“poor”) + -an (“person”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pöfikan (nominative plural pöfikans)
- poor person (one of the poor)
1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 12:Liegikans e pöfikans binons deadöfiks.- Rich people and poor people are mortal.
- Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, 1932, 12:
- Givob pöfikane bodi.
- I give bread to the poor person.
Declension
declension of pöfikan
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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