いく

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of いく – see the following entries.

【育】3 [affix] raise; bring up; grow up 【郁】J [affix] fragrant; sweet-smelling [affix] cultured; refined 【畏懼】 [noun] (literary) awe [verb] (literary) to fear; to be struck with awe 【偉躯】 [noun] (rare) a big body

(This term, いく, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms. For a list of all kanji read as いく, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いく.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 粥.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いく – see the following entry.

【行く】 [verb] to go; to come to one's place [verb] to (a letter) be delivered [verb] to depart [verb] to rely (on a method) [verb] (年が～) to age [verb] (うまく～) to go well [verb] イく: (slang) to have an orgasm, to come, to cum Alternative spellings 往く, ゆく, イく

(This term, いく, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Various.

Prefix

いく • (iku-) 

1. 生, 活: (attaches to nouns) vigorous, lively, powerful
2. 幾: (attaches to nouns) implies an indeterminate amount: several, many, much, a lot

Verb

いく • (iku) ^†yodan

1. 生く: to be alive; to come back to life; to be vigorous, to be lively; to make something live, to plant something