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
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