𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶

Old Uyghur

Old Uyghur numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 (éki)     Ordinal: 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽶 (ékinti)     Adverbial: 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽰 (éki kata)     Distributive: 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 (ékirer)     Collective: 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽷𐽳 (ékigü)

Alternative forms

• 𐽰𐽷𐽶 (ʾky /⁠eki⁠/), 𐽶𐽷𐽶 (yky /⁠éki⁠/), 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽰 (ʾykʾ /⁠ike⁠/), 𐽰𐽰𐽺𐽶 (ʾʾny /⁠a[k]ï⁠/)
• ایكی (ʾyky /⁠iki⁠/), اكی (ʾky /⁠eki⁠/)
• 𐫀𐫏𐫞𐫏 (ʾyqy /⁠éḳi⁠/), 𐫀𐫏𐫐𐫏 (ʾyky /⁠éki⁠/), 𐫀𐫏𐫃𐫏 (ʾyγy /⁠égi⁠/)
• 𐼰𐼷𐼸𐼷 (ʾyky /⁠éki⁠/)
• ܐܝܟܝ (ʾyky /⁠éki⁠/)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ẹk(k)i. Cognate with Chuvash иккӗ (ikkĕ), Turkish iki, Old Turkic 𐰚𐰃 (éki).

Numeral

𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 (ʾyky /éki, iki/)

1. two
   • 930, Ïrk Bitig^[1]‎^[2], Ïrk 25, Irk 25: 24(r):06 - Irk 25: 24(l):03‎^[3]:

     ⸱𐰚𐰃⸱𐰇𐰚𐰇𐰔
     𐰇𐰏⸱𐰋𐰃𐱁⸱𐰉
     𐰆𐰴𐰺𐰽𐰃𐰴𐰀⸱
     𐰚𐰇𐰠𐰢𐰾⸱𐰴𐰢
     𐰾𐰖𐰆⸱𐰆𐰢𐰀𐱃𐰃
     ⸱𐰣⸱𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰺

     Eki öküzüg bi[r] bokursïka kölmiš. Kamšayu umatïn turur.

     [Someone] harnessed two oxen to one wooden plough. They stand still, unable to move.

   • 1687, Bilge Taluy Šašï (𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽰 𐾀𐽰𐾁𐽳𐽶 𐽿𐽰𐽿𐽶), Altun Yaruk Süü bitigi [Foreword and addenda], page 3‎^[4], AY.B01.07.r04 (V104)‎^[5]:

     𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽶𐽰𐽻𐽶 𐽼𐽰𐽺 𐽰𐽶𐽲𐽰𐽽 [𐽰𐽶]𐽷𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽰

     […] iki yasï ban ïgač [i]kin ara […]

     […] [b]etween two flat wooden boards […]

Compound terms

• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽶𐽲 (éki adaklïg, “biped”)
• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽼𐽳𐾀𐾁𐽳𐽲 (éki butlug, “biped”)
• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽰𐽶𐽸𐽳𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾 (éki ïdoklar, “'two holinesses', (ruler and heir)”)
• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐾁𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽳 (éki kölüŋü, “Dviyāna”)
• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽰 (éki yaŋa, “second day of the month”)
• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽶𐽰𐽾𐽳𐾀𐽸𐽰𐽽𐽶 (éki yarutdačï, “'two sources of light', (sun and moon)”)

Derived terms

• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽸𐽶𐽺 (ékidin, “two sides, lateral part of an object”)
• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐾁𐽰 (ékile, “second time, one more time”)
• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ékileyü, “second time, again”)
• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽷 (ékilik, “bilayered cloth”)
• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽺 (ékin, “in between”)
• 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽻𐽶𐽴 (ékisiz, “without vagueness, sans doute”)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: ʂigi (ʂiki), iʂgi (iʂki)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “iki”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 91
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) iki”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 298-301