klil

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English clear (clear (klir) > klil, -r > -l; in Johann Martin Schleyer's Volapük rigik (Original Volapük or Old Volapük) most rs were changed to ls (for the ease of Chinese speakers), in Arie de Jong's Volapük perevidöl (Revised Volapük) or Volapük nulik Volapük nulik (New Volapük)) many of these words (but not all) with ls in them were changed back to rs, e.g., glün > grün, dlim > drim, klig > krig).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [klil]

Noun

klil (nominative plural klils)

1. lightness, clearness (referring to color)

Declension

Declension of klil

	singular	plural
nominative	klil	klils
genitive	klila	klilas
dative	klile	kliles
accusative	klili	klilis
vocative 1	o klil!	o klils!
predicative 2	klilu	klilus

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

Derived terms

• glätaklil
• klilablon
• klilablöv
• klilabraun
• klilaged
• klilagrün
• klilared
• klilaredaspinul
• klilaredaviolät
• klilayelov
• kliledof
• klilik
• klilön
• leklil

Related terms

• glätaklilik
• klilablonik
• klilablövik
• klilabraunik
• klilagedik
• klilagrünik
• klilaredaviolätik
• klilaredik
• klilayelovik
• kliledof
• klilikön
• klilükön
• leklilik