Description:

The term 'lik' comes from Old Common and was the word coined by Davidson for electricty or power. Thisb is an example of a relatively simple root for a modern concept that can be characteristic of Common's design.

Noun:

As a noun, 'lik' means electricty or power, but power in the sense of an device having the power to operate, not in the abstract idea of personal power. It is also commonly used by various spiritualists to talk about supernatural power. The derived form 'likkit' means 'electron' and is the formal term used in physics.

Verb:

As a verb, 'lik' is a transitive skurun verb that takes an ergative power source and an absolutive thing powered. The antipassive pali form can be used to mean 'having power, charge' when applied to a power source such as a battery, or being actively powered if applied to a recipient of power, although the latter case tends to imply having a self-contained source of power.

Modifier:

The modifier form 'likys' can mean powerful as in a source of power, or can mean that the object requires power to function, depending on what it's applied to. The form 'likkas' is applied to something that requires power and says that the item in question is presently powered. The iklíkkas form means not receiving power.