iken

iken

1. Rōmaji transcription of いけん

From Latin aequo. Compare German eichen.

īken

1. to gauge

• Dutch: ijken
  • Afrikaans: yk

iken m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴽⴻⵏ, plural ikniwen)

1. Western Tarifit form of acniw: twin

From Ottoman Turkish ایكن (iken). Likely related to *imek.

• IPA^(key): /iˈkæn/

iken

1. while, whilst, when, as

   19 yaşımda iken

   when I was 19

• It never changes to -kan or -ykan. This is an exception to vowel harmony
• iken doesn't decline for pronouns

• -ken (suffix form if the final letter of the word is a consonant)
• -yken (suffix form if the final letter of the word is a vowel)

iken

1. plural of iik