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134 :to be gone, exhausted, of liquid; o pei me qega nan o pue, the water is all gone from the bamboo water-carrier ; tur savsavula qega o pue nawo nan, empty all the salt-water carrying bamboos with washing your hands. 3. met. to come to nothing, nothing left ; o linai me qega, no voice left.

Qei, excl. astonishment.

Qel, see qelu.

Qela, in visible, bewildering sight; mataqelaqela.

Qele, adv. still, yet; said by some for qale 1.; not dialectic.

Qelse, out of tune, said of a vigo, panpipes, wath improper intervals, or of a man who cannot sing right ; probably qelu.

Qelu, 1. to be crooked over in a loop, but not enough to meet ; a stick with such a crook ; probably same as pelu.
 * 2. club-footed, with the foot turned over; club-fingered.
 * 3. v. active, to bend over in a crook, as softened turtle-shell.

Qeqe, to squeeze, press. Mao. pepe.


 * qeqen, tr. to press down, not evenly ; to squeeze; we qeqen o womol ; nau qeqen, chew with mouth shut.


 * qeqet, tr. to press down gently and evenly.

Qeren, to press down ; same as qeret ; tr. qere.

Qeresa, to clear the end of a yam in digging it ; see aqo 2.

Qerestomago, a trochus shell ; like qeres tomago.

Qeresai, (k) the lower soft end of a yam ; qeresa.

Qeresiu, (k) constr. qeres, the lower end of a yam which is
 * soft, still growing, when the yam is dug.

Qeret, tr. qere; to press, push; o vigo qerqeret, harmonium, because the fingers qeret to produce the sound ; na we kakalo, we qeret mun o panei, I crawl, resting on my hands.


 * qerqeret, adv. depressed, nom qerqeret, to be downcast, doubtful.

Qero, 1. n. 1. fungus, mushroom. 2. inner fat of pigs, in shape like fungus, conglomerated ; qeroqoe.


 * 2. v. to conglomerate ; o sul we qero ma, congregates in groups.


 * qeroqero, a rounded cloud, fleecy.

Qerovlug, a yam ; qero ta Valuga.

Qes, to twist off, as in gathering bread-fruit ; qes patau.

Qesa, to lodge, as a tika in a tree or elsewhere.

Qesis, same as qasis, to rub small in the hand as is done with hot bitter leaves after a man has been shot ; these are eaten or rubbed on the bow to inflame the wound ; ti qesis alo panena, ti gana, ti nononon nausuna nia.

Qet, to be complete, completed; finished; to come or go all ; adv. completely. Mao. peti.
 * sua qet, to paddle only, without sailing.

Qeta, 1. caladium esculentum ; taro; qeta mereata, very large. 2. name of a yam.

Qetaqeta, wild qeta; no-qetaqeta, dieffenbachia.

Qete, to begin ; stem of following words.
 * qetei, (k) a thing which is truly one's own, beginning with one ; naqetena, na tur mona.