quaz-e, -a: as it were, so to speak; (jur.) quasi; -a diftongo:
a quasi-diphthong. Def.: En ula grado simila, ma ne tote tala; III-153. V. exp.:
Quaze indikas nur semblo o simileso e ke esas poka difero inter du
objekti.
Preske indikas stando o grado proxima e esas termino di mezuro indikanta
proximeso, kurta disto, tempo, grado. Ex.:
quaze nigra; preske parfinita; il esis preske mortinta (il
esis tre grave malada, vindita, e.c.); il esis
quaze mortinta (il esis senmova, o simulis mortinto, ma esis forsan tote
sana). — DEFIS
quaze-delikt-o: (jur.) injury caused involuntarily.
quaze-kontrat-o: (jur.) quasi-contract, implied contract.
quech-o*: damson (plum); (Prunus domestica); -iero: d. tree.
quer-ar: (tr.) to fetch; -igar: to casue (ulu) to
fetch (ulu, ulo);
-igez la mediko: send for the doctor. Ex.: Irar por querar ulu, ulo.
Sendar ulu por querar ulu, ulo. Venar por querar ulu, ulo. — FL
quercitron-o: (bot.) quercitron, dyer’s oak (Quercus tinctoria). —
DEFI
querk-o: oak-tree (genus: Quercus); (cf. rovro); -o-ligna
tablo: oaken table;
-o sempre-verda: evergreen oak, holm oak (Quercus Ilex). — L
quest-ar: (tr.) to collect (money, after solicitation), to make a
collection;
-(ad)o: collection, gathering (of money); offertory. Def.: Solicitar e
recevar pekunio quale por karitatala od altra skopo (kp. IV-414). — FI
question-ar, -adar: (tr., intr.) to question, ask questions of,
interrogate (ulu, pri ulo);
-o, -ado: query, question(ing), interrogation; (fig.) problem;
-aro: set of questions (as for an examination, etc.);
-ala, -iva: interrogative; -ema: inquisitive; -punto: q.
point. V. exp.: vid.
demandar, inquestar. — EFIS
questor-o: (Rom. antiq.) quæstor, questor. — DEFIRS
qui: see qua.
quiet-a: (mental condition) quiet, peaceful, tranquil (cf.
tranquila);
-eso: quietude, quietness, calmness; -igar: to tranquilize,
comfort, calm, reassure, quiet down (ulu);
-eskar: to become quiet, calm; -ismo: quietism: a theological
doctrine;
-ig-anta: reassuring, comforting; ne- -a: uneasy (cf. anxi-oza).
V. exp.: vid.
kalma. — EFIS
quik: (adv.; of time) immediately, at once, directly, forthwith
(N.B. not the E. «quick»; cf. rapide, balde, subite);
-a: done or happening at once, instantaneous, immediate; quik pos vua
departo: immediately after your departure;
irez quik: go immediately; me quik manjis ol: I ate it at once;
quika halto: quick (immediate) stop;
quika kompren-ebleso: immediate understanding; quik kande: as soon
as (lit.: immediately when). Def.: Ye la sama instanto; exakte ye sam-tempo. — e
quin: see qua.
quin-o: quinquina, cinchona, Peruvian bark; (cf. quinino);
-iero: cinchona tree (Cinchona). — DeFIRS
quinar-a*: quinary, consisting of five. — DEFIS
quing-o: (fruit) quince; -iero: q. tree (Cydonia vulgaris).
quinin-o: (chem.) quinine, quinia. Def.: Alkaloido extrakta di
quino. — DEFIRS
quinkunc-o: quincunx. Def.: Kinopa dispozo di kozi (un en omna angulo e
un meze di quadrato). — DEFI
quinquagezim-o*: Quinquagesima (Sunday). — DEFIS
quint-o: (mus.) quint: interval of five consecutive notes; (fig.)
a tenor violin; (piquet) quint, a sequence of five cards; (fencing)
quinte, fifth guard. — DeFIRS
quintal-o (metr-ala): quintal: 100 kg (about 200 lbs.). — eFIS
quintan-a* (febro): quintana, five-day fever.
quintesenc-o: (lit. and fig.) quintessence, essential thing, pith
(of a matter). — DEFIRS
quintet-o*: (mus.) quintet. — DEFIS
quintik-o*: (math.) quintic. — EFIS
quintilion-o: quintillion (1,000,0005).
quiproqu-o: quid pro quo, mistake, blunder. Def.: Intermixo di du personi
o kozi; V-25. — DeFIS
quirit-o: quirite, a citizen of ancient Rome in his civil capacity. —
DEFIRS
quirl-ar: (tr.) to twirl, querl; turn or wind (ulo) around.
V. exp.: Agitar liquido, ex. kremo, per quirl-ilo. — De
