Q
The sound represented by q is kw. In the words from Alite given by Dr. Codrington in M. L., p. p. 39 ff. the sound which appears in Lau as q is there written as ku; e. g. kuai, Lau qai, Sa'a wai, water; q in Lau may represent w in Sa'a qato, waato; qalu, walu; Ulaqa, Ulawa.
qadangi v. tr., to open up.
qae 1. v. tr., to beat, strike; qae mousi, to strike and cut off; qae maeli to kill with blows.
qae; 2. qae tafusi, to strain.
qae; 3. qae kudona, guiltless.
qai 1. prefixed to verbs, denotes reciprocity; sua, to encounter, qaisuasuafi, to meet; manata, to think, qaifamanatai to instruct; liu to move position, qailiu reciprocally; mani, (Sa'a mani, altogether), qaimani, to stand together, be of help to. The action of the original verb is enlarged and the subject included.
qai 2. n., water; maana qai, mouth of the stream, a harbor on the northeast coast, south of Aio.
qai 3. v. tr., to load, to fill up.
qaiara n., a command.
qaiaraa n., reward.
qaidori v. tr., to desire.
qaidoria v. n., desire. dori.
qaiduu v. tr., to revenge.
qaiduula v. n., vengeance. duu.
qaierisi v. tr., to command, importune.
qaierisia v. n., a command. erisi.
qaifamanatai v. tr., to instruct.
qaifamanataila v. n., instruction. manata
qaife; qaife agalo to drive out evil spirits; mwane qaife agalo a witch doctor.
qailangaini v. tr., to wag, nod, waive. langa, up.
qailiu adv., reciprocally, used of mutual action; manata baita fuagamu, qailiu, love one another; lea qailiu, to walk about. liu.
qailiua adj., humble, of low estate.
qaimaasi v. tr., to await, expect. maasi.
qaimanata v. tr., to have mercy upon, pity.
qaimanataia v. n., mercy. manata.
qaimani 1. v. tr., to help; qaimani fai, qaimani faini, to help; 2. used as prep., together, in company with; 3. v. i., to be reconciled with.
qaimania with one accord. S. mani.
qairaofai v. i., to agree with. rao to work.
qaisagali v. tr., to revolt, commit insurrection, take up arms, trouble,vex.
qaisagalia v. n., an insurrection.
qaisuasuafi v. tr,, to meet, encounter. sua.
qaisusu v. tr., to sacrifice.
qaisusia v. n., a sacrifice.
qaitaa v. i., to be a stranger; too ni qaitaa, to be a stranger. S. awataa.
qaitaga v. tr., to cause to scatter.
qaitali v. tr., to be disobedient to.
qala v. i., to lay an accusation; qala fafi, to accuse a person.
qalafi v. tr., to be delivered of a child.
qalu, 1. numeral, eight; e qalu.
qaluna, ordinal, eighth, for the eighth time.
qalu 2. v. i., to emerge; qalu tafa, to emerge from. S. waru.
qanga n., thunder, a gun.
qangafi of the lightning; sinamaaru ka qanagafia, the lightning 'thundered.'
qangareo v. i., to pass by.
qaqalifola v. i., to be pure, clean, fotoqaqalifola, a great calm.
qaqalila adj., cold, of the weather.
qaqaoa adj., white, clean.
qarao a creeper used for tying; an iron nail. S. wa'arao.
qare v. tr., to castrate.
qarela adj., stony.
qate v. i., to make an oration, is preceded by lali; laliqate, to make an oration; lali qatela v. n., an oration. S. wale.
qato a digging stick. S. waato.
qe 1. article; qe afe, a woman; qe oru, a widow; qe ia, a fish; na may be prefixed; na qe ia gi, the fishes. Nengone, Gaua, wa, we, M. L., p. 71.
qe 2. a simpleton, fool; gera qe, fools,
qele, qeqele, v. i., used with poss., to wonder at, be surprised.
qelela v. n., wonderment, surprise.
qesu, qeqesu v. i., 1. to smoulder, burn; 2. to shine. S.'eso
qiqi n., a drop; qiqisi abu, drops of blood.