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qaēl   int?. ?

qaēn   n. kind of fresh-water fish; wan kaen fis blong wota we hem i putum eg long solwota wan taem long wan yia mo basket blong eg i olsem blong spaeda. Taem ol pikinini i kamaot ol i klaem folem wota i go antap. Ol i gat samting olsem nawita blong ol i save fas long ston blong klaem i go antap long wota. ol man ol i no save se ol fis ia ol i kam wea. Category: water, fish.

qag   vi. white; waet. Category: colour.

qagar   n. garfish; wan kaen fis. Family Hemiramphidae. Category: fish, marine.

Qakē   n. place name. Category: place.

qal   v. catch, reach, affect; kasem. O mamēgin ma qal no. The cold got to me. Kolkol i kaem mi.

2 • v?. be first; kam faswan. Nē ma qal vösus. She gave birth first. Hem i bonem fastaem. Nē ma qal vatvat min nēk. He made the arrangement with you first. Hem i promesem long yu fastaem.

qalēg   n. in-law; palika. children's spouse, spouse's parents. i minim se man o woman blong pikinini blong yu o mama mo papa blong man o woman blong yu be i no minim se brata o sista blong woman o man blong yu. Category: kinterm. See: wölus; rëwël.

qalēg gōr   v. blokem, putum tabu long wan gel mo givim mane se bae tufala i mared. Category: kastom.

qaq   v. talk, speak, say; tok, toktok, talem.

2 • n. speech, language; toktok.

qaq tala lam   n. Bislama; Bislama. Lit: language from the deep sea

qaqa   vi?. crazy.

2 • vi?. naughty; mekem ol samting we i no stret olsem i hafmad.

n. crazy person; man we i krangke. O qaqa gētē gilal oso nē ta qaqaq. Krangke man hem i no save wanem hem i stap talem.

as v2?. stupidly, not properly, randomly; olbaot. Mē rēv qaqaqa. She didn't write properly. Hem i raetem olbaot.

qaqet   n. kind of small fresh-water prawn; wan kaen smolsmol naora. Category: water, animal.

qar   vi. uncooked; no dan.

qaran̄   n. hole; hol.

qaratrat   level (of ground, table); flat gud.

qarn̄is   n. stone oven.

2 • v. bake food in stone oven; bek, bekem kakae long oven. Hem i oven blong evridei yus be i gat wan kaen spesol oven tu, vësëw. Category: food.

qarörö   n. hole; hol.

qas   n. bald; bolhed.

qatē₁   n. tree fern; blakpam. Dicksonia spp.. Comparing dēmērmēr and qatē, dēmērmēr does not grow as tall; the hands grow closer together; the leaves start further from the base; and the trunk is harder to cut and not soft inside. qatē is used as a grater for tubers, but dēmērmēr is not.

daqatē   n. leaf of tree fern; lif blong blakpam. Category: plant.

qatē₂   n. arrow; aro. See: vus.

qatē₃   int. peekaboo! Interjection used in playing game of surprise with small children.

qeleg   v. plait together two strips of coconut leaflets or pandanus leaves as first stage in making basket or mat; joenem tugeta tu saed blong lif kokonas o pandanas blong wivim.

qeneg   vi. afraid, frightened; fraet. See: metegrōw; metëwtëw.

qaran₁   n. his/its penis; kok blong hem.1s: qërëk. 3s: qaran. Category: body part.

qere₂   n. petiole; stamba.

qereg   v. flatten; mekem i flat. toktok ia ol i speseli yusum blong talem se ol i mekem nalot i flat.

qeren̄   n. watercourse?

qese   n. top; top.

qesekēr   n. ?

Qet   n. name of mythical creation figure, God.

qet möwu   v. nod head in agreement; sakem hed se i oraet. Nē me qet möwu. She nodded her head.

qetegak   n. leader, captain; lida.

qetge   n. kind of tree; wan kaen tri. wan kaen tri we taem i drae i mekem gudfala strong faea. Category: plant, tree.

qetgengen   n. feast; lafet, wan kakae we yumi ekspektem blong holem, plan blong mekem kakae.

qetmëv   n. Surge or Christmas Wrasse; wan kaen fis. Thalassoma purpureum, T. trilobatum. Category: marine, fish.

qetōlōn̄   n. pillow; pilo.

qetsōs   n. kind of insect like a termite; wan kaen bebet we hem i olsem waetanis be i bigwan lelebet. Taem hem i kakae wud hem i mas ded. Hem i kakae blong faol. Category: insect.

qetvet   stubborn, obstinate; strong head. Lit: stone head

qev   n. humpback snapper; pinkfis. Lutjanus gibbus. Category: fish, marine.

qēdëm   n. bed blong yam.

qēl   n. garden for planting taro which is sometimes irrigated and sometimes not during the period of growth; ples blong planem taro we hem i haf drae mo haf wota. Category: garden.

qēlewer   n. spinster, bachelor; spinster, bachelor, unmarried man or woman; man o woman we i nogat woman o man blong hem.

qēqēl   n. mangrove; natongtong. Category: marine, tree.

qēqēn   v. ?

qēr₁   n. kind of tree; wan kaen tri. Osmoxylon orientalis. Category: plant, tree.

qēr₂   v. O vetel mē-qēr tek na wian. The banana tree bent so much that it broke because of its fruit. Banana i ben i brok wetem ol frut blong hem.

qērēt   v. push; pusum.

qēs   v. bash; bash, bang, break (eg firewood) by banging? O mōtō mē-qēs wor. The coconut fell and broke open. Kokonas i foldaon i brok.

qēs mōnmōn   vi. smash; smas. O wötöv më m̄ës mē qēs mōnmōn le vet. Botel i foldaon i smas long ston.

vt. smash; smasem. Nē mē qēs mōnmōn o wötöv. Hem i smasem botel.

qēsis   n. sore, similar to a boil, caused by a small scratch which then becomes infected, swells up and fills with pus; kaen soa we hem i gat doti wota insaed olsem boela.

qēsqēs   v. fishing technique where one pounds hermit crabs so that they smell and then throw them in the sea to attract fish; wan fasin blong kasem fis we yu kilim hed blong nakato blong mekem se i smel, mo afta yu sakem long solwota blong atraktem fis. Category: marine.

qēt   vi. finish; finis, evriwan.

qētēg   v. start; stat, statem.

qētēgi   n. base, trunk; stamba.

qētēt   n. termite, white ant; waetanis. Category: insect.

qël   v. grow and spread out (of vine or yam); rop i gro mo spred aot. Category: plant, garden.

qër   n. grave, graveyard; gref.

qërët   n. flying fox; flaengfoks. Category: animal.

qëtutu   Variant: sëqëtutu. adj. short; sotfala.

qëtutu masawre   moment, short time; sot taem. Nēr mo tog o qëtutu masawre gem. Ol i stap sot taem nomo. Category: temporal.

qiag   vi. run dry; ron drae. O bē mē qiag la paep. The water in the pipe has run dry. Wota long paep i ron drae.

qiat   n. taro; taro. Araceae spp..

diqiat   n. taro leaf; lif blong taro.

qiat atm̄ēn   n. kinds of taro which don't fork; man taro we hem i no save karem fok. Lit: male taro

qiat gōl   n. kind of taro; wan kaen marē taro we hem i bes taro blong rus. Hem i laet bitim evri taro. Hem i save bigwan smol mo hem i save longfala. Han blong hem i laet grin mo kakae i waet. Lit: ?? taro

qiat lēlē   n. kind of taro; wan kaen taro we han blong hem i laet grin mo kakae i waet. Hem i save bigwan mo longlongfala, hem i king taro. Lit: ?? taro

qiat reqe   n. kinds of taro which can fork; woman taro we hem i save karem fok. Lit: female taro Category: taro, crop, plant.

qil   v. order; talem long wan man se i mas mekem wan samting. See: tē.

qilian̄   vi. be lost, go missing; lus. O ki ni qilian̄ qēt, wo ni wöl. The key was lost and then he bought (it). Ki i lus finis, mo hem i pem. I Mam ma da qilian̄ o ki. Dad lost the key. Papa i lusum ki.

qin̄imatē   n. dei blong ded we yu kaontem kasem wan taosen dei. Category: kastom.

qiriag   vt. confuse; konfiusem. O qaqaq nirō mē qiriag nē. The two languages confused her. Tufala lanwis i konfiusem hem.

qirir   vt. grind kava; graonem.

qisis   vt. grind.

aqit   n. far; longwe, farawe. So nēk a qit ren vēti e, nēk i rōw. When you are still far away, you jump. Taem yu stap longwe yet, yu jam. Category: spatial.

qobetge   n. Common Pacific Vase; kaen sel blong solwota. Vasum turbinellus.

qog   n. kind of tree; wan kaen tri. Neuburgia corynocarpa. Category: plant, tree.

qon   n. pigeon; nawimba. Ducula spp..

qon bulenrēlē   n. kind of pigeon which has a lump on it's beak (male); kaen nawimba wetem lam long maot blong hem (man). Lit: rēlē's pigeon

qon tan̄sar   n. kind of pigeon which has a straight beak (female); kaen nawimba we i gat stret maot (woman). Lit: human pigeon

qon webet   n. kind of pigeon which is white; waet nawimba. Lit: ??white pigeon

qon bulenqet   n. kind of pigeon which has a ring on its leg; kaen nawimba we i gat ring long leg blong hem. Lit: Qet's pigeon Category: bird.

qorogrog   vi. have tiny lumps, spots, as on baby's skin. Na tarbian mo qorogrog. Her body is spotty. Hem i gat ol spot long bodi blong hem.

qos   v. bash with stone; kilim wetem ston.

qosmötöl   v. blunt; no sap.

qō₁   n. pig; pig. ‘domestic pig’. Category: animal.

qō₂   n. bebet we i save kakae man. Hem i blak mo bigfala mo hem i save faetem kakros. Category: insect.

qō₃   n. kind of plant with thick succulent leaves, white flowers and red fruit with black seeds; kaen plant we i gat waet flaoa, red frut mo blak sid. Tapeinochilus sp.. Category: plant.

qō₄   v. swear; swea. Nē tō qōqō i Mackenzie. He is swearing at Mackenzie. Hem i swea long Mackenzie.

qō miat   n. kind of tree with yellow fruit with red seeds inside; wan kaen tri we frut blong hem i yelo mo i gat red sid insaed. Dysoxylum amoroides. Category: plant, tree.

qōl   n. Lined Bristletooth, Striated Surgeonfish; wan kaen fis. name includes smaller species of Surgeonfish, cf. vag which covers larger Acanthurus spp. Ctenochaetus striatus. Category: marine, fish. See: vag.

qōlo   n. dugong; kaofis. Lit: sea pig Dugong dugon. Category: marine, animal.

qōlō   dirty; doti.

qōmiat   n. stinkwood; stingwud. Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum. Category: plant, tree.

qōmur   n. kind of shrub. use in traditional medicine to help with anaemia. See: dōqōmur.

qōn̄ov   dull; no braet.

qōōr   n. wild yam; wael yam. Dioscorea nummularia. Category: crop, food.

qōqōt   mouldy food; kakae we i gat nalumlum i gro long hem from i stap longtaem tumas.

qōr   v. forget; foget, fogetem. Na lölök miti qōr le o masawre ine. Bae mi no save fogetem ples ia. Ba na lölök gōtō qōr ten kēmi. Be mi no fogetem yufala yet.

qōrōtōt   vi. make noise; mekem noes.

2 • n. noise; noes. See: wuwulul.

qōrqōr   vi. dream; drim. No mō qōrqōr vita no mo van a lo. Mi drim se mi bin go long solwota.

2 • vt. dream about; drim long. No mō qōrqōr nē. I dreamed about him. Mi drim long hem.

3 • n. dream; drim. I ginon ni kēl me lō qōrqōr. His wife came back in a dream. Woman blong hem i kambak long drim.

qōrser   n. kind of spear with several points on the end; wan kaen spia we i gat plante poen long en blong hem. originally the points were made from the inside of the trunk of a tree fern but they are now made from wire. bifo ol i mekem poen long stamba blong blakpam be nao ia ol i mekem long waea.

qōrwōn   n. deaf; sora i fas. See: qörö.

qōs₁   v. wash (clothes); was, wasem (klos).

2 • v. pound; stonem?

qōs do   v. pound leaf used for poisoning fish and mix with sand; stonem lif blong posenem fis mo miksim wetem sanbij. See: gösuv; as.

qōt   vt. dive (for); daeva.

qōtqōt   vi. go diving (for); daeva. See: el.

qōtarō   n. angelfish; papiong. Family Pomacanthidae. Category: marine, fish.

qōtō₁   n. semi-mature coconut; hafdrae kokonas. the water inside the coconut is bubbly and the coconut is starting to mature. Category: coconut.

qōtō₂   n. cupboard that is built over the fire in kitchen to store canarium nuts or breadfruit, so that they are dried and kept safe from rats; haos blong putum drae nangae o bredfrut insaed long hem. Hem i go ova long faea mo ol i somap doa blong rat i no save kakae ol nangae o bredfrut.

qöl   v. bear fruit. O m̄öl mö-qöl idian, o röröu mo-kosēv. The orange bore lots of fruit and its branch broke. Aranis i karem fulap kakae, brans blong hem i brok.

qön̄   1 • v. night; naet.

2 • v. day; dei.

3 • n. anniversary of her/his/its death; dei blong ded blong hem.1s: qinik. 2s: qēn̄ēn̄. 3s: qēn̄ēn. ‘night’. Category: temporal.

qön̄qön̄   purple; popel.

qöqö   n. shoot; yang lif. See: qöqörö.

qöqörö   n. small leaf; smol leaf.

qoron   n. her/his/its ear; sora blong hem.

2 • n. strip of coconut leaflets incorporated into basket to form corner; pis lif kokonas we ol i ademap long basket blong mekem kona blong hem.1s: qörök. 3s: qoron. Category: body part.

qörö gōsōw   n. kind of vine that grows along the ground; wan kaen rop i gro long graon nomo. Lit: rat's ear, named for the shape of the leaf tenge talö sus. Geophyla repens. Category: plant.

qötqötumen   n. cardinal honeyeater (male); redhed (man). Myzomela cardinalis. Category: bird. See: wētēsisis.

qōtōn   n. her/his/its head; hed blong hem.

2 • n. top; top. qötu gövur top blong haos.

wöqötu   n. part of house. Category: house, body part, spatial.

qötu gövur   n. Category: house.

qötubanēn   n. her/his/its shoulder; solda blong hem. Category: body part.

qötuōw   n. kind of basket made from coconut leaves and used for putting shells inside; wan kaen basket we ol i mekem long lif kokonas mo yusum blong putum plasta sel insaed. Lit: head of turtle Category: weaving.

qötuqërët   n. big-eye bream; wan kaen fis. Lit: flying fox head Monotaxis grandoculis. Category: marine, fish.

Qötuwis   n. Lit: owl head place name.

qōōn   n. her/his/its knee; ni blong hem.1s: qöuk. 3s: qōōn. Category: body part.

qul   n. bunch; bandel. Rōrō mē vēn o qul mes nirō. The two of them shot two bunches of fish. Tufala i sutum tu bandel fis.

qul tie   n. intestine; gat. Lit: bundle of shit

qulös   n. pool; pul.

qultian   n. her/his/its intenstines, guts; gat blong hem. Lit: bundle shit Category: body part.

quq   v. leave something (food or drink) in the mouth and not swallow it; livim (kakae o wota) long maot be no solem daon.

quqseg   v. spit out liquid; spetem aot wota.

qus   v. put a lot of food in the mouth; fulumap gud maot wetem kakae.

qusmamas   n. eat a meal without any meat; kakae kakae we i no gat mit blong hem. Category: food.

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