tumyel

Volapük

FWOTD – 28 November 2022

Etymology

Compound of tum (“hundred”) +‎ yel (“year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tumˈjel/

Noun

tumyel (nominative plural tumyels)

1. century
   • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     Tü d. 16id gustula lätik foldil tumyela epasetikon, das pädan romakatulik: ‚Johann Martin Schleyer’: datikan Volapüka edeadom.

     On the 16th of August of this year, a quarter of a century has passed since the Roman-Catholic priest Johann Martin Schleyer, the inventor of Volapük, has died.

   • 1951, “Reidanes Lestümik Obas”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, number 1, page 1:

     Laf tumyela 20id änu epasetikon.

     The half of the century has just passed.

Declension

declension of tumyel

	singular	plural
nominative	tumyel	tumyels
genitive	tumyela	tumyelas
dative	tumyele	tumyeles
accusative	tumyeli	tumyelis
vocative 1	o tumyel!	o tumyels!
predicative 2	tumyelu	tumyelus

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