tood

Romani

Noun

tood

  1. Alternative form of thud (“milk”)

Volapük

Etymology

Likely borrowed from French auto, German Auto and English auto, with the -t- moved to the beginning to avoid an initial vowel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /toˈod/

Noun

tood (nominative plural toods)

  1. car
    • 1937, "Jidipan", tr. from Vera Wheatley, Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, no. 2, pages 11-15.
      Sio älaboy in garad toodis jönik tel, ab ats äblebons nelogädiks dü visit ela ‚Miss Sinclair‛.
      Of course there were [literally, "one/they had"] two beautiful cars in the garage, but these remained impossible to see during Miss Sinclair's visit.

Declension
declension of tood
singular plural
nominative tood toods
genitive tooda toodas
dative toode toodes
accusative toodi toodis
vocative 1 o tood! o toods!
predicative 2 toodu toodus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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