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kushenkuta(kwo) pillow case

kushike(kwel) Cushitic

kusi(zwo) bite

kusa(kwo) bite

kusishil(kwel) biting (tending to bite)

kuta(kwo) tegument, coating, envelope (wrapping)

baumkuta(kwo) tree bark

letakuta(kwo) envelope (wrapper for a letter)

kuti(zwo) envelop, wrap, cover, coat

dekuti(zwo) uncoat, unwrap; peel

Russian

kuydi(zwo) care, take care; be concerned, worry

kuydi kinda — care for children

kuydi flor — look after flowers

bu kuydi om to — don't worry about that

kuyda(kwo) care, concern, worry

kun kuyda — with care

kuyda-ney (kuyde) — (kwel) careful, thorough

kuyda-nem (kuydem) — (komo) carefully, thoroughly

kuydishil(kwel) careful, considerate, conscientious

sinkuyda-ney (sinkuyde) — (kwel) careless; carefree

sinkuyda-nem (sinkuydem) — (kwel) carelessly; light-heartedly, with complete unconcern

kuydaful(kwel) preoccupied

kwach(kwo) nonsense, rubbish, rot, bullshit

kwachi(zwo) talk nonsense / rubbish, drivel

German

kwadra(kwo) 1) square (polygon); check (square)

kwadri(zwo) square (raise to the second power)

kwadra-ney (kwadre) — (kwel) square (but not "honest, fair")

kwadra-riza — square root

kwadras-ney, do kwadras(kwel) checkered (divided into squares)

2) diamonds (suit of playing cards)

kwadranta(kwo) quadrant (device)

kwadrila(kwo) quadrille (dance)

kwaizi(kwo) chopsticks

chi bay kwaizi — eat with chopsticks

un para kwaizi — a pair of chopsticks

un ge kwaizi — a chopstick

Syn.: chi-stik

Mandarin

kwaki (zwo) croak (of a frog, to make its cry)

bakak kwaki — frog croaks

Russian

kwalifi(zwo) qualify (characterize; certify)

kwalifa(kwo) qualification

kwalitaa(kwo) quality

kwalitaa-ney(kwel) qualitative

kwalma(kwo) fumes, charcoal fumes

Swedish

kwan (kwo) well

Hindi

kwanshi (kwo) ore

fer kwanshi — iron ore

kwanshilok (kwo) mine (place where ores and minerals are extracted)

Mandarin

kwantitaa(kwo) quantity

kwantitaa-ney(kwel) quantitative

kwanto(kwesti) how much, how many

Kwanto yar yu hev? — How old are you?

Kwanto it kosti? — How much does it cost?

Me bu ve pagi tanto kwanto lu yao. — I will not pay as much as he wants.

kwanto-worda — (grammar term) word denoting number, numeral (e.g. dwa)

kwantum(kwo) quantum (physics)

kwarza(kwo) quartz

kwas(kwo) kvass

Russian

kwasi(konekti-komo) quasi, as if, as it were, as though

Ta shwo kwasi me bu audi hao. — He speaks as if I don't hear him well.

kway(kwel, komo) quick, rapid, fast; quickly, rapidly, promptly

kway tren — fast train

kway kom bliza — as quick as lightning

kwaytaa(kwo) quickness, rapidity; speed, velocity

Mandarin

kwaylok(kwo) rapids

kwel(kwesti) which, what (which one)

Kwel es lu? — What is he like?

Kwel de li? — Which (one) from them?

Kwel kitaba yu zai lekti? — What book are you reading?

Suy okos es do kwel kolor? — What color are her eyes?

Kwel bus go adar? — What bus goes there?

Kwelgrad? — To what extent?

kwel-worda — (grammar term) word that functions as a noun modifier, adjective (e.g. jamile, jen-ney, lektival)

kwel-yuan — (grammar term) attribute (part of a clause)

kwereli(zwo) quarrel (engage in a quarrel; dispute angrily)

kwerela(kwo) quarrel, altercation, variance, brawl

kwerka (kwo) oak

kwesti(zwo) ask

kwesta(kwo) question

kwesta-ney (kweste) — (kwo) interrogative

kwesta-nem (kwestem) — (kwo) interrogatively

kwesti-signa (kwo) question-mark

bekwesti(zwo) interrogate

bekwesta(kwo) interrogation, questioning

kwiti(zwo) abandon, forsake, quit

Bu kwiti me! — Don't abandon me!

kwiti kama — get out of bed

kwiti molya, gunsa — quit the wife, the work

kwiti fumi — give up smoking

kwo(kwesti) what

Kwo yu maini? — What do you mean?

Kwo es se? — What is this?

Note. "What" as an adjective (before a noun) is "kwel"

kwota(kwo) quota