Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "makonni biyu" shine tsawon makonni biyu. An samo shi daga Tsohon Turanci kalmar "feowertyne niht," wanda a zahiri yana nufin "dare goma sha hudu." A wasu sassan duniya, kamar a Burtaniya da Ostiraliya, har yanzu ana amfani da kalmar wajen yin nuni da tsawon makonni biyu.
We'd have lasted a fortnight on you
"Arrive within the fortnight
For a fortnight anyway,
