potapijun

Volapük

Etymology

From the genitive singular of pot (“post, mail”) +‎ pijun (“pigeon (dove)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [po.ta.pi.ˈʃun]

Noun

potapijun (nominative plural potapijuns)

homing pigeon

Declension

declension of potapijun

	singular	plural
nominative	potapijun	potapijuns
genitive	potapijuna	potapijunas
dative	potapijune	potapijunes
accusative	potapijuni	potapijunis
vocative ¹	o potapijun!	o potapijuns!
predicative ²	potapijunu	potapijunus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

(obsolete) penepejin

See also

pijun

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