- (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

- (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

- (kwo) square (polygon) |

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

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

kwadra-riza - square root |

do kwadra - (kwel) checkered (divided into squares)

- (kwo) chopsticks |

chi bay kwaizi - eat with chopsticks |

un para kwaizi - a pair of chopsticks |

un ge kwaizi - a chopstick |

Syn.: chi-stik |

Mandarin

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

bakak kwaki - frog croaks |

Russian

- (zwo) qualify (characterize; certify) |

kwalifa - (kwo) qualification

- (kwo) quality |

kwalitaa-ney - (kwel) qualitative

- (kwo) fumes, charcoal fumes |

Swedish

- (kwo) well |

Hindi

- (kwo) ore |

fer kwanshi - iron ore |

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

Mandarin

- (kwo) quantity |

kwantitaa-ney - (kwel) quantitative

- (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.

- (kwo) quantum (physics)

- (kwo) quartz

- (kwo) kvass |

Russian

- (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.

- (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

- (kwo) rapids

- (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?

- (zwo) quarrel (engage in a quarrel; dispute angrily) |

kwerela - (kwo) quarrel, altercation, variance, brawl

- (kwo) oak

- (zwo) ask |

kwesta - (kwo) question |

kwesta-ney (kweste) - (kwo) interrogative |

kwesta-nem (kwestem) - (kwo) interrogatively |

kwesti-signa - (kwo) question-mark

- (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

- (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".

- (kwo) quota

- (kwo) the Pacific

- (kwo) bed (a small plot of cultivated or planted land) |

florkyar - flower-bed |

Hindi

- (kwel) quiet; still (cf. "kalme") |

kyetem - (komo) quietly |

kyetitaa - (kwo) quiet; still