ик

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Eastern Mari

Eastern Mari numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: ик (ik), икте (ikte)
    Ordinal: икымше (ikymše)

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *ik, from Proto-Uralic *ükte. Cognate with Western Mari ик (ik).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ик (ik) (comparative икрак)

  1. single, united
  2. single, sole

Adverb

ик (ik)

  1. one, the same
  2. roughly, about, circa, around
    ик латиндеш ияш лиеш
    ik latindeš ijaš ĺiješ
    (s)he must be around nineteen

Numeral

ик (ik) (long form/predicative икте)

  1. one

Pronoun

ик (ik)

  1. a, one, some

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
nouns
phrases

References

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “ик”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Kalmyk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *yeke, compare Mongolian их (ix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ик (ik) (Clear script spelling ᡕᡄᡍᡄ (yeke) or ᡅᡍᡅ (iki))

  1. big

Ukrainian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

Interjection

ик (yk)

  1. hic

Further reading

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “ик”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

Western Mari

Western Mari cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ик (ik)

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *ik, from Proto-Uralic *ükte. Cognates include Eastern Mari ик (ik).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈik/
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Hyphenation: ик

Adjective

ик (ik)

  1. one, single, sole

Numeral

ик (ik) (long form иктӹ)

  1. one

References

  • Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “ик”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
  • K. I. Belyaev & P. P. Romashkin (1944) “один”, in Русско-Марийский Словарь [Russian-Mari Dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Kozmodemyansk: Маргосиздатын Кырык-Мары Филиал, page 202
  • K. G. Yuadarov (1979) “один”, in Русско-марийский словарь: для учащихся горномарийских средних школ [Russian-Mari Dictionary: for students of Hill-Mari secondary schools] (overall work in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Марийское Книжное Издательство, →OCLC, page 67