kwik

== English == === Adjective === kwik (comparative kwikker, superlative kwikkest) Eye dialect spelling of quick. ==== Usage notes ==== Phonemic spelling, generally used in commercial names, like Kwik Meal. ==== Derived terms ==== kwik cricket == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch kwik, short for kwikzilver. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kvək/ === Noun === kwik (uncountable) mercury == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʋɪk/ Hyphenation: kwik Rhymes: -ɪk === Etymology 1 === From kwikzilver. ==== Noun ==== kwik n (uncountable, no diminutive) the element mercury (metonymous) the temperature ===== Synonyms ===== kwikzilver ===== Derived terms ===== kwikthermometer ===== Related terms ===== kek kwikstaart kwikzand kwikzilver verkwikken ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: kwik → Caribbean Javanese: kuwig → Papiamentu: kuek, kwik → Sranan Tongo: kwek → West Frisian: kwik === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch quic, from Old Dutch quic, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz. Compare English quick. ==== Adjective ==== kwik (comparative kwikker, superlative kwikst) alternative form of kwiek ===== Declension ===== == Limburgish == === Etymology === From Dutch kwik. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkwɪ˦ɡ] === Noun === kwik n (uncountable) mercury A part of mercury ==== Inflection ==== This entry needs an inflection-table template. == Polish == === Etymology === Deverbal from kwiczeć. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ik Syllabification: kwik Homophone: Kwik === Interjection === kwik oink, squeak (used to imitate the sound a pig or boar makes) === Noun === kwik m inan oink, squeak (high-pitched sound made by pigs, boars, horses, or other animals) squeak (high-pitched sound made by a person that the speaker does not like) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === kwik m animal (Przemyśl, Podegrodzie) synonym of świnia (Podegrodzie) oinker (one who oinks, especially a child) === Further reading === “kwik I”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “kwik II”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “kwik”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) Aleksander Saloni (1908), “kwik”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎[4] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 336 Karol Mátyás (1891), “kwik”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 324 == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian quik, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (“living; active”). More at quick. === Adjective === kwik perk; nimble == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English quick. === Adjective === kwik quick