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.