Hand-book of Volapük/Example of Derivation

by Charles E. Sprague

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EXAMPLE OF DERIVATION. (From Kerckhoff's Complete Course.)

Pük, language, speech; pükik, linguistic, pertaining to language; pükatidel, language teacher; pükapök, defect of speech; pükön, to speak; pükönabid, pükönamod, manner of speech; motapük, mother tongue; volapük, universal language.

Pükat, oration; pükatil, little speech; [pükatel, orator;] telapükat, dialogue.

Pükav, philology; pükavik, philological.

Püked, saying; pükedik, sententious; pükedavöd, proverb; pükedavödik, proverbial; valapüked, motto.

Pükel, orator, speaker; pükelik, oratorical; möpükel, polyglot, speaker of many languages.

Pükof, eloquence; püköfik, eloquent; püköfav, rhetoric; püköfavik, rhetorical.

Pükot, talk; pükotik, talkativ; okopükot, soliloquy.

Bepük, discussion; bepükön, to discuss.

Bipük, preface.

Gepük, answer; gepükön, to answer.

Lepük, assertion, affirmation; lepükön, to assert, affirm.

Lenpük, address; lenpükön, to address.

Libapük, acquittal; libapükön, to acquit (“speak free”).

Lupük, chatter; lupükön, to chatter; lupükem, gossip; lupükot, gossip (that which is said); lupüklam, stammering; lupüklön, to stammer.

Mipük, mis-speaking, slip of the tongue; mipükön, to mis-speak.

Nepük, silence; nepükik, silent; nepükön, to keep still.

Sepük, pronunciation; sepükik, pronounceable; sepükad, pronouncement (rendering of decision); sepükam, act of pronouncing; sepükömn, to pronounce.

Tapük, contradiction; tapükik, contradictory; tapükön, to contradict.