higem

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hi.ˈɡem]

Noun

higem (nominative plural higems)

1. brother

Declension

declension of higem

	singular	plural
nominative	higem	higems
genitive	higema	higemas
dative	higeme	higemes
accusative	higemi	higemis
vocative 1	o higem!	o higems!
predicative 2	higemu	higemus

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

Synonyms

• blod

Hypernyms

• gem (“sibling”)

Coordinate terms

• jiblod (“sister”)
• jigem (“sister”)
• sör (“sister”)

Derived terms

• (collective) higemef (“(group of) brothers”)

Related terms

• (collective) gemef (“brother(s) and/or sister(s)”)
• (adjective) gemik (“sibling”)