quik

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English quick.

Adverb

quik

immediately, at once, at a moment's notice

Facez quik ta laboro, nam ol tre urjas.
Do that work immediately, since it is very urgent.

Synonyms

senajorne

Antonyms

lente

Derived terms

quika

Middle English

Alternative forms

quyk, quyke, quike, qwik, quycke, quicke, qwicke, quykke, quikke, qwyke, cwicke, cwic, qwyk, quic

Etymology

From Old English cwic, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwiːk/, /kwik/

Adjective

quik (comparative quikere, superlative quikeste)

living, alive, active
active, alert
vibrant, powerful, forceful, effective, apparent
keen, perceptive
fast, speedy, quick

Derived terms

Descendants

English: quick
Scots: quik, queke, queik

References

“quī̆k (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Noun

quik (plural quikes or quik)

living being

Adverb

quik

quickly, immediately
while living

References

“quik (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

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