Rnd 3225 TSAMBA Call for votes

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Johnb - co.uk

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Jan 20, 2022, 5:08:42 PM1/20/22
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please find 12 definitions for TSAMBA. One is from a dictionary the remainder are inventions. Please Vote for 2 of these offerings disposing your votes as you will. Do not look up the word until after you have voted.
Vote deadline is midday GMT Saturday

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1              [Africa] A plot of land usually about 0.5 acre/2,000 sq. m. in size; a building lot.

2              N. A Xhosa word for a knife used in ceremonies in iMpuma-Koloni (the Eastern Cape), South Africa.

3              [South African] Whip originally made out of leather, now also made out of plastic. Also known as sjambok.

4              Local name for the South African or Jackass penguin (Spheniscus demersus).

5              The name of three closely related species of a formerly important freshwater food fish of Malawi, Oreochromis lidole, O. karongae and O. squamipinnis, that were overfished to the point of extinction in the 1990s.

6              A basic Tibetan dish consisting of ground roasted barley made into a paste with butter, tea, and other ingredients, and formed into balls

7              An organ stop of eight-foot pitch.

8              In East Africa: A bicycle or motorbike used as a taxi to transport people or goods.

9              A home-brewed maize beer made in parts of Southern Africa.

10              A drum played with the hands.

11              A type of unleavened flatbread popular in Sri Lanka and parts of India.

12              Raspberry tea.



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Judy Madnick

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Jan 20, 2022, 7:03:24 PM1/20/22
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Too many definitions related to Africa. I'll go with these:
 

10              A drum played with the hands.

and
 

12              Raspberry tea.

 
Judy Madnick
 
 




JohnnyB

1              [Africa] A plot of land usually about 0.5 acre/2,000 sq. m. in size; a building lot.

2              N. A Xhosa word for a knife used in ceremonies in iMpuma-Koloni (the Eastern Cape), South Africa.

3              [South African] Whip originally made out of leather, now also made out of plastic. Also known as sjambok.

4              Local name for the South African or Jackass penguin (Spheniscus demersus).

5              The name of three closely related species of a formerly important freshwater food fish of Malawi, Oreochromis lidole, O. karongae and O. squamipinnis, that were overfished to the point of extinction in the 1990s.

6              A basic Tibetan dish consisting of ground roasted barley made into a paste with butter, tea, and other ingredients, and formed into balls

8              In East Africa: A bicycle or motorbike used as a taxi to transport people or goods.

Tim B

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Jan 21, 2022, 4:57:54 AM1/21/22
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1 and 10, please.

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Tim Bourne.

Ann Druce

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Jan 21, 2022, 5:31:22 AM1/21/22
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5 and 8 for me.

 

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Chowie

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Jan 21, 2022, 8:43:39 AM1/21/22
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8 and 9.

#7 is missing. 

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Chowie

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Jan 21, 2022, 8:45:31 AM1/21/22
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I not was looking at the original list, so please ignore my remark about #7.

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Jan 21, 2022, 10:31:28 AM1/21/22
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I'll go with 5 and 9.

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Jan 21, 2022, 10:36:28 AM1/21/22
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Definitions three and eight get my votes!
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Tim Lodge

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Jan 21, 2022, 3:46:24 PM1/21/22
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I'll avoid the African ones and go for 6 and 12.

            6              A basic Tibetan dish consisting of ground roasted barley made into a paste with butter, tea, and other ingredients, and formed into balls

          12              Raspberry tea.

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Efrem G Mallach

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Jan 21, 2022, 5:57:34 PM1/21/22
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Unlike some others, I do believe the African connection. I'll go with 8 and 9.

Efrem

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On Jan 20, 2022, at 5:08 PM, Johnb - co.uk <jo...@john-barrs.co.uk> wrote:

Dear people
please find 12 definitions for TSAMBA. One is from a dictionary the remainder are inventions. Please Vote for 2 of these offerings disposing your votes as you will. Do not look up the word until after you have voted.
Vote deadline is midday GMT Saturday

JohnnyB

8              In East Africa: A bicycle or motorbike used as a taxi to transport people or goods.

Daniel B Widdis

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Jan 21, 2022, 6:09:03 PM1/21/22
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I suppose I missed submitting a definition. Oops.

 

I feel like I’ve heard this before but don’t recognize any defs so I’m free to vote happily for anyone using Jackass in a def (4).  And I think I’d prefer maize beer (9) to raspberry tea.

Shani Naylor

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Jan 21, 2022, 7:39:05 PM1/21/22
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African... or not? I'll go with one of each, 4 & 7.

4              Local name for the South African or Jackass penguin (Spheniscus demersus).

7              An organ stop of eight-foot pitch.



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Paul Keating

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Jan 22, 2022, 4:30:31 AM1/22/22
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6 & 12 for me.

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