Durorp-English Dictionary

Qq

148 Pp “P” does not have a Durop word that begins with it (only borrowed word) and remains very silent (almost sounding like “b”) in the words where it appears. Papa (n) Papa, a child’s name for father Patirik [from Eng.] (n) Patrick poris [from Eng.] (n) police Qq quai (v) come e.g. 1. A ka quai? Will you come? 2. A quai. [(for a visitor) lit.: “Have you come?”] Welcome. quaini (v) will not come; does not come; am not/is not/are not coming e.g. 1. N quaini. I will not come. 2. O quaini seeng ma. He/she does not come here. 3. Be quaini. They are not coming. qun (v) blow continuously (e.g. fire, wind instrument; whistle through the mouth) e.g. 1. Qun dion dor. Blow that fire. 2. A ror u qun iyoyoni? Do you know how to blow a whistle? 3. N dorni u qun ndiro. I don’t know how to blow a mouth organ. quna (v) tie e.g. Tum quna durik dor. Tie that rope well. quna kokot (v) [lit.: “tie face”] frown quni (v) untie qunn (v) burn or be hot (like pepper) qunni (adj) burning or hot (like pepper) quorbere (v) to soften; to make less taut; to calm down quorna (adj) small, little quorna uchoormi (n) breathing space. e.g. Or changhi mmi nke quorna uchoormi. He/she doesn’t give me even a breating space. quo [see also kwo] ( (adj) this 149 e.g. Kwen omi quo or ka yeu uromo umorng. This my child will pass his/her exams. quoba (v) slap or beat (slightly and briefly); also to slap a fly or a mosquito quoi (v) scrape; scrub 1. e.g. Quoi dorkorng dor. Scrape that pot. 2. Quoi bunort bungo. Scrub your nails. quooi (v) dry up, dried up (especially a stream, river or pot on the fire) e.g. 1. Duchai dor du ka fara quooi. That stream will soon dry up. 2. A kpanghi korum kor? U kaini ngha dorkorng dor de quooi. Do you perceive the smell? It seems like that pot has dried up. quoop (v) beat, strike e.g. A sai n ka quop ngo. If you joke I will beat you. qun (v) blow (e.g. a horn or other wind instrument) e.g. Or dor u qun duyik He knows how to blow the horn. quni (v) blowing e.g. O quni duyik. He is blowing the horn. quop (v) remove the scales of (e.g. fish) e.g. Quop ekwem chor. Remove the scales of that fish. quor [see also kwor](adj) that; a word sometimes used to express contempt e.g.1. Kwen quor or re obaii orne. That child is a bad person. 2. U chuwere a quor… In addition to that… 3. Quor mmung ndai? What is this?/ What do you think you are? quorn (v) fear; escape from e.g. 1. Quorn aye, orsa quor. Fear him/her, that witch/wizard 2. Or quorn efain ita. He has escaped from law enforcement officers quuna (v) blow (briefly, e.g. fire,or wind instrument); whistle through the mouth) e.g. Quuna duyik. Blow the horn. quuni (v) wipe; clean e.g. Quuni nen nengo. Wipe your eyes. 150 ...