Words for family members and other relatives in Volapük. an International Auxiliary Language invented by Johann Martin Schleyer, a German Priest, in 1879.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female, pl = plural
| Volapük | |
|---|---|
| family | famül |
| parent(s) | pal(s) |
| father | fat |
| mother | mot |
| child(ren) | cil(s) |
| son | son |
| daughter | daut |
| husband | himatan |
| wife | jimatan |
| brother | higem |
| sister | jigem |
| aunt / uncle | ter |
| uncle | hiter / ziom |
| aunt | jiter |
| cousin | köst |
| nephew / niece | nef |
| nephew | hinef |
| niece | jinef |
| grandparent(s) | lepal(s) |
| grandfather | lefat fatafat (paternal grandfather) motafat (maternal grandfather) lefatül (endearment) |
| grandmother | lemot fatamot (paternal grandmother) motamot (maternal grandmother) lemotül (endearment) |
| grandchild(ren) | poscil(s) |
| grandson | posson |
| granddaughter | posdaut |
| great grandparents | dalepals |
| great grandfather | dalefat |
| great grandmother | dalemot |
| parents-in-law | lüpals |
| father-in-law | lüfat |
| mother-in-law | lümot |
| brother-in-law | lühigem |
| sister-in-law | lüjigem |
| son-in-law | lüson |
| daughter-in-law | lüdaut |
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lepal#Volapük
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