-kenä

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اِیكَنْ (ikän), from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄rken (“while”), a derivation from *ẹ̄r- (“to be”).[1] Compare Turkish -ken, iken; Azerbaijani ikən, -kən.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cenæ/
  • This suffix is always unstressed

Suffix

-kenä (back vowel variant -kana)

  1. while, whilst, when, during
    • 2024 September 25, “Başkaları şennenirkenä – biz işimizä bakêrız!”, in Ana Sözü‎[1]:
      üürenci komitetların öndercilik prințipı oldu “Başkaları şennenirkenä – biz işimizä bakêrız!” prințipı.
      "While others have fun, we mind our business!" became the principle of the student committees

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “erken”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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