ékki: ‘two’. There is no doubt that the -kk- was originally doubled, see Clauson, ‘The Turkish Numerals’, JRAS, 1959, p. 20; and the variations in spelling make it almost certain that the initial vowel was é-, but the early alphabets are so imperfect that it is impossible to follow the evolutions of sound. C.i.a.m.l.; -kk- is noted, usually as an alternative pronunciation, in some NE languages R I 682, 1421; SE Türki BŞ 588, Jarring 139; and some SC spellings; initial é- (or e-) occurs in some NE languages, NC Kır., Kzx., some SC, and most NW languages, the rest have i-. Türkü viii éki: always in I, II, T: viii ff. éki: IrkB 2, 24; éki: Tun. IV 10; Yen. éki Mal. 31, 5; Man. éki five times and eki once in Chuas.: Uyğ. viii éki always in Şu. and III: viii ff. Man.-A éki M I 12, 15; III 16, 3 (ii): Man. éki (or iki?) TT III 159: Bud. TT VIII has iki, not éki in various der. f.s, and accordingly spellings in Uyğ. script, which are quite uniform, should be transcribed iki: Civ. TT VIII has iki, not éki, four times; other texts always iki: O. Kır. ix ff. éki: Mal. 16, 1; 42, 5: Xak. xi the main entry, under the heading fa‘la, which implies -kk-, is ikki: (or ékki:?) al-iṯnān fi’l-‘adad ‘two’ Kaş. I 131; about 70 o.o. of ikki: and half a dozen each of iki: and i:ki:: xiii(?) At. iki 3 times; Tef. iki 123; xiv Muh. i:ki: Mel. 82, 4; Rif. 186, 187; ikki: 81, 7: Çağ. xv ff. iki: San. 108v. 15, but in 20v. 10 it is stated that iki/ikki is one of four numerals which may be spelt with either a single or double consonant: Xwar. xiv iki MN 2 etc., Nahc. passim: Kıp. xiii yeki: (?error for i:ki:) Hou. 22, 3: xiv iki: İd. 18; ikki: Bul. 12, 10: xv ikki about a dozen times in Tuh.