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q noun symbol kjuː q’s qs Q Q’s Qs the 17th letter of the English alphabet, or its sound the 17th member of a sequence

Latin q Phoenician qoph

The name of the letter q is pronounced differently in the Hul'q'umi'num' alphabet, and presumably others. Example missing.

Q. noun abbreviation Qq. quarterly quarto queen question

Incomplete research on which other abbreviations to include. Example missing. Should senses be alphabetical as shown?

QA noun abbreviation quality assurance

Example missing.

Q&A noun abbreviation Q&A’s Q&As a part of an event when attendees may ask questions and have them answered

Questions and Answers

Definition long, needs editing.

qabala noun qabalas qabalah qabalahs kabbalah

qaggiq noun Northern ˈkagˌɪk qaggiqs qaggig qaggigs qaggik qaggiks a large, communal iglu built for a spring festival Neighbouring camps and communities came together in a Qaggiq to share food, play traditional games, drum dance and sing traditional songs. citation hideUqausirmut Quviasuutiqarniq 2022, Government of Nunavut, 25 July 2022, https://www.gov.nu.ca/culture-and-heritage/information/uqausirmut-quviasuutiqarniq-2022.

Inuktitut ᖃᒡᒋᖅ qaggiq

Awaiting Indigenous review. Query Gage definition as a type of festival, possible capitalisation.

qajaq noun ˈkaɪˌæk qajaqs kayak kayaks a small, narrow watercraft based on a traditional design of the Aleut, Inuit, and Yup'ik peoples

qajaq verb qajaqed qajaqs qajaqing kayak kayaked kayaks kayaking to operate a qajaq

qajaqer noun qajaqers kayaker kayakers one who qajaqs

Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ qajaq man’s boat

Awaiting Indigenous review. Query preferred spelling, and dependence on sense.

qalunaat noun Northern DCHP-2 ˈkaluːˌnat ? qalunaats Qallunaaq Qallunaat qallunaaq qallunaaqs qallunaat qallunaats a white person; a southern Canadian kabloona

Inuktitut ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅ qallunaaq a person who pampers their eyebrows

Awaiting Indigenous review. Query preferred spelling, nuance/tagging.

qamutiik noun Northern ˈkamuːˌtɪk ? ˈkæmuːˌtɪk ? ˈkɒmətɪk ? qamutiiks kamotik kamotiks kamotiq kamotiqs qamutik qamutiks a sled made of wood lashed with rawhide, designed to be pulled over snow and ice, using traditional Inuit techniques komatik komatiq

Inuktitut ᖃᒧᑏᒃ qamutiik

Awaiting Indigenous review. Query preferred spelling.

qanat noun kaˈnat qanats a system for distributing water underground from a hillside well to lower fields and houses, developed in the first millennium BCE in ancient Iran

Persian قنات‎ qanât Arabic قناة qanāh

Awaiting expert review.

qapik noun kæˈpɪk qapiks gapik gapiks an Azerbaijani monetary unit equal to 1/100 of a manat

Azerbaijani qəpik qepik Russian копе́йка kopéjka Russian копе́йный + -ка kopéjnyj + -ka spear-related (referring to an image on a coin of a mounted warrior armed with a spear) + noun suffix

Awaiting etymology review.

qasida noun kaˈsiːdə qasidas kasida kasidas a Middle Eastern ode

Arabic قصيدة qaṣīda

Awaiting expert review.

qat noun kat qats kat kats khat khats Catha edulis, a flowering plant native to Africa a stimulant containing cathinone, an alkaloid derived from this plant

Arabic قات qāt

Awaiting expert review. Query preferred spelling.

qawwali noun kəˈvɑːlɪ qawwalis a style of Sufi devotional music

Arabic قَوْل qawl utterance

Awaiting expert review. Query pronunciation.

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