English-Lojban dictionary


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q

quakes desku (des): x1 shakes/|/trembles/quivers/shudders/wobbles/vibrates from force x2 [also (expressible either with desku or slilu): side to side, to and fro, back and forth, reciprocal motion]
quality (equal in |) dunli (dun du'i): x1 is equal/congruent to/as much as x2 in property/dimension/quantity x3 [same in quantity/| (not necessarily in identity); 'analogy' may be expressed as the equivalence of two properties of similarity (ka x1 simsa x2) and (ka x3 simsa x4)]
quality (innate/inherent |) jinzi (jiz): x1 (property - ka) is an innate/inherent/intrinsic/natural property/|/aspect of x2
quality (mature in |) makcu (ma'u): x1 is mature/ripe/fully-grown/adult in development-| x2 (ka)
quality (strong/powerful in |) tsali (tsa): x1 is strong/powerful/[tough] in property/| x2 (ka) by standard x3
quality (weak/feeble in |) ruble (rub ble): x1 is weak/feeble/frail in property/|/aspect x2 (ka) by standard x3
quality (| borrowed/assumed) jbera (jer): x2 of: x1 (agent) borrows/temporarily takes/assumes x2 (object) from source x3 for interval x4 [credit (= jernu'e); borrow/assume a property or | as a chameleon does (= zaskai, zasysmitra, zasysmitai)]
quality (| causing attraction) trina (tri): x3 of: x1 attracts/appeals to/lures x2 (person/event) with property/| x3 (ka) [also: x1 is alluring to x2]
quality (| characterizing) ckaji (kai): x2 of: x1 has/is characterized by property/feature/trait/aspect/dimension x2 (ka); x2 is manifest in x1 [manifested/property/|/trait/feature/aspect (= selkai)]
quality (| enabling event to interfere/hinder) zunti (zun zu'i): x1 (event/state) interferes with/hinders/disrupts x2 (event/state/process) due to | x3 (ka) [also blocks, obstructs, baffles; not necessarily forcing cessation]
quality (| enabling event to interrupt) dicra (dir): x3 of: x1 (event) interrupts/stops/halts/[disrupts]/disturbs x2 (object/event/process) due to | x3
quality x2 of ckaji
quality 2. interfering | x3 of zunti
quality 3. see also "property", "aspect"
quality 4. kamvofli: x1 is flight/the property/| of x2 flying [in air/atmosphere] using lifting/propulsion means x3
quantified klani (lai): x1 is a quantity |/measured/enumerated by x2 (quantifier) on scale x3 (si'o) [also count]
quantifier (expression representing a number/value) mekso (mek me'o): x1 [|/expression] is a mathematical expression interpreted under rules/convention x2
quantifier (number/value) namcu (nac na'u): x1 (li) is a number/|/digit/value/figure [noun]; refers to the value and not the symbol
quantifier x2 of klani
quantity in 100's x2 of xecto
quantity in 1E-12's x2 of picti
quantity in 1E-18's x2 of xatsi
quantity in 1E-21's x2 of zepti
quantity in 1E-6's x2 of mikri
quantity in 1E-9's x2 of nanvi
quantity in 1E12's x2 of terto
quantity in 1E15's x2 of petso
quantity in 1E18's x2 of xexso
quantity in 1E21's x2 of zetro
quantity in 1E6's x2 of megdo
quantity in moles x2 of molro
quantity in radians x2 of radno
quantity in seconds x2 of snidu
quantity in steradians x2 of stero
quantity x1 of klani
quantity 2. scale of | x3 of klani
quantity 3. klani (lai): x1 is a | quantified/measured/enumerated by x2 (quantifier) on scale x3 (si'o) [also count]
quantized x2 of kantu
quantum x1 of kantu
quantum 2. kantu (ka'u): x1 is a |/ray/elementary particle/smallest measurable increment of property/activity x2 [| ray (= bonka'u)]
quarry x2 of kalte
quarry 2. kalte (kat): x1 hunts/stalks prey/| x2 for purpose x3 [also verb to fish (= fipkalte)]
quart dekpu: x1 is x2 (default 1) local volume unit(s) [non-metric; e.g. bushel], standard x3, x4 subunits [gallon (= likydekpu), | (= likseldekpu), barrel (wet = likybradekpu, dry = sudbradekpu), bushel (= sudydekpu), peck (= sudyseldekpu), cupful (= kabrydekpu), tablespoon (= mucydekpu); teaspoon (= mucyseldekpu); (all of these lujvo may need gic- to distinguish the English measurement system in contrasting with some local system; the English system is otherwise presumed to be the default non-metric system)]; (additional subunit places may be added as x5, x6, ...)
Quechua (sound clue ketco (ket tco): name of the language of most well-known native South American culture), x1 reflects South American culture/nationality/geography in aspect x2
queen turni (tru): x1 governs/rules/is ruler/governor/sovereign/reigns over people/territory/domain/subjects x2 [x2 need not be complete specification of set of governed; reign/rule (= noltru); king/|/sovereign (= nolraitru); pure democracy (= roltrusi'o), representative democracy (= rolka'itrusi'o), viceroy (= ka'itru), pure communism (= guntrusi'o), board of directors/trustees, steering committee (= trukamni); government (= trugunma, trugri (emphasizing the components), truci'e (emphasizing the organization))]
queer cizra (ciz): x1 is strange/weird/deviant/bizarre/odd to x2 in property x3 (ka) [also alien, mysterious, deviant, |, unusual, exotic]
query preti (ret rei): x1 (quoted text) is a question/| about subject x2 by questioner x3 to audience x4
question (answered/solved |) danfu (daf): x2 of: x1 is the answer/response/solution/[reply] to |/problem x2
question (query) preti (ret rei): x1 (quoted text) is a |/query about subject x2 by questioner x3 to audience x4
question answered x2 of danfu
question of (is germane to) srana (ra'a): x1 pertains to/is germane/relevant to/concerns/is related/associated with/is about x2 [also: x1 is a | of/treats of x2; can be symmetric, although x1 is conventionally more specific or constrained in scope than x2]
question subject x2 of preti
question x1 of preti
question 2. see also "request"
questionable senpi (sen): x2 of: x1 doubts/is dubious/doubtful/skeptical/questions that x2 (du'u) is true [also: x2 is doubtful/dubious/| (= selsenpi for reordered places)]
questioned x4 of preti
questioned 2. x4 of preti
questioner x3 of preti
questioner 2. preti (ret rei): x3 of: x1 (quoted text) is a question/query about subject x2 by | x3 to audience x4
questions (doubts) senpi (sen): x1 doubts/is dubious/doubtful/skeptical/| that x2 (du'u) is true [also: x2 is doubtful/dubious/questionable (= selsenpi for reordered places)]
quick sutra (sut): x1 is fast/swift/|/hastes/rapid at doing/being/bringing about x2 (event/state)
quickly done x2 of sutra
quicksilver margu (mag): x1 is a quantity of/contains/made of mercury/|; [metaphor: fluid metal; temperature]
quiet x1 of smaji
quiet 2. find | x2 of smaji
quiet 3. smaji (sma): x1 (source) is |/silent/[still] at observation point x2 by standard x3
quietness standard x3 of smaji
quite mutce (tce): x1 is much/extreme in property x2 (ka), towards x3 extreme/direction; x1 is, in x2, very x3 [also very, pretty, a lot, immoderate/immoderately, intense, |, extremely]
quivers desku (des): x1 shakes/quakes/trembles/|/shudders/wobbles/vibrates from force x2 [also (expressible either with desku or slilu): side to side, to and fro, back and forth, reciprocal motion]
qunatified individuals mass of | x1 of # mei
quote x1 of sitna
quoted x2 of sitna
quotes sitna (sit): x1 cites/|/refers to/makes reference to source x2 for information/statement x3 (du'u)
quotient (ratio) parbi (pab): x1 (me'o, fraction) is a ratio/rate of x2 (quantity) with respect to x3 (quantity), [x2:x3] [also x1 fraction/proportion/|; x2 dividend/numerator; x3 divisor/denominator]
quotient (result of dividing) dilcu: x1 is a | of 'x2/x3' [dividend x2 divided by divisor x3], leaving remainder x4
quotient x1 of dilcu
Quranic muslo (mus): x1 pertains to the Islamic/Moslem/Koranic [|] culture/religion/nation in aspect x2