just wondering...
2007-06-27 20:17:43 · 20 answers · asked by infiniteson 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
From the english language please and also some of you gave words WITH
"QU" in it, I asked for words that dont start that way.
2007-06-27 20:31:24 · update #1
Qatar, the country
EDIT: English words. What must qualify them as English? Simply that are in the English dictionary, you mean?!
OK: qa-, qe-, qi-, qo-, qu- : hebrew and arabic words spelt this way are often Anglicised as k- or c-:
examples:
qalabah = same as callaba
Qaddish, qadi, qaimaqam, qalamdan = Kaddish, cadi, kaimakam, kalamdan
And the ones that retain their spellings are very definitely still not what you'd call English - qanat, qasida, qawwali, Qoran, qi - or else are abbreviations; qid, qty etc.
So, it is completely true there are no actual English words (in origin) that are CURRENTLY spelt without a 'u'. Things may have been different before our current spellings were formalised, but I don't know.
Or if this is a trick question with a trick answer, please put me out of my misery as to what you are talking about!
2007-06-27 20:20:19 · answer #1 · answered by piano_kath 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Qantas, the Australian airline.
Okay, so it's not a word, it's an acronym for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service!
None in English - only Arabic-type words where the guttural is translitterated as q, kh, g or gh. Like al Qaeda or Colonel Gadaffi (sometimes spelt Khadaffy or similar).
2007-06-28 03:26:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Qwerty= a standard English keyboard layout / Qantas=an Australian airline / QinetiQ= a British technology company
2007-06-28 03:33:54 · answer #3 · answered by hotdogsarefree 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Off the top of my head, no, but there are only 5 words in the entire English Dictionary that have that quality.
Lol...quality. Sorry...found that ironic.
2007-06-28 03:26:26 · answer #4 · answered by rockerbowler18 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also:
qintar (n.) - currency of Albania
qwerty (adj.) - a computer keyboard with keys arranged like an old-fashioned typewriter
And a couple of commonly used trademarks (proper nouns): Qiana (synthetic material) and Q-Tip! :)
2007-06-28 03:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by trai 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quack
Quail
Quarter
Quote
Queen
Quart
Quit
Quest
2007-06-28 03:23:41 · answer #6 · answered by T. M 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Qi- Vietnamese Currency
Qiviut- Musk Ox Undercoat
Qanat
Qaid - Like Al Qaida,..I don't know what it means
Qat- Some plant thing.
2007-06-28 03:20:17 · answer #7 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Qiviut
Undercoat of a musk ox
2007-06-28 03:21:48 · answer #8 · answered by lilflashinchick15 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
qi
qat
qadi
qoph
Qabalahs
Qaimaqam
Qalamdan
Qawwalis
Qindarka
Qwerties
and there's more still....
http://www.scrabble.org.au/words/ulessq.htm
2007-06-28 03:20:56 · answer #9 · answered by babycakes 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
lots of words in the Arabic language
2007-06-28 03:23:01 · answer #10 · answered by Roger G 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋