ікі

See also: -јќи

Khakas

Khakas cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ікі (ìkì)
    Ordinal : ікінӌі (ìkìncì)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ẹk(k)i (two).[1] Cognate with Tuvan ийи (iyi), Yakut икки (ikki), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɘk.kɘ/, [ɘk̚.kɘ]

Numeral

ікі • (ìkì)

  1. two

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹk(k)i”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill