lupül

Volapük

Etymology

From lup (“wolf”) +‎ -ül (“offspring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lu.ˈpyl]

Noun

lupül (nominative plural lupüls)

1. wolf cub, wolf pup, wolf whelp (a young or baby wolf)

Declension

declension of lupül

	singular	plural
nominative	lupül	lupüls
genitive	lupüla	lupülas
dative	lupüle	lupüles
accusative	lupüli	lupülis
vocative 1	o lupül!	o lupüls!
predicative 2	lupülu	lupülus

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

Hypernyms

• follögaf
• lup
• nim
• sügaf
• süganim

 

Derived terms

• hilupül (“male wolf cub”)
• jilupül (“female wolf cub”)

Related terms

• hilup (“he-wolf”)
• jilup (“she-wolf”)