[Dixonary] Rnd 1866 UMAMI Defs - Vote Now

[Tim Lodge]

Here are 16 carefully-crafted defs of the word UMAMI, only one of
which I found in my dictionary. Vote for TWO definitions, as a public
forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline:

18:00 UTC on Friday 14th December, which is
1:00 PM EST
11:00 AM PST, all on the same day.

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc

-- Tim L


=== UMAMI ===

1: [Jp.] Fresh water eel.

2: a kind of Inuit knife.

3: a Japanese pearl-diver.

4: [Swahili] a rhinoceros.

5: side-winding snake of the Sahara.

6: a wave suitable for surfing (fr. Jap.)

7: in Western Africa, the bridal ceremony.

8: an Eskimo snow knife used for building igloos.

9: [Swahili] a woman's garment made by wrapping fabric around the
body.

10: a highly spiced dish consisting of roasted game birds minced and
stewed in wine.

11: _Architecture_ an ornament in the form of a ball cupped in the
petals of a circular flower.

12: (_Inuit_) a very thick, swirling snowstorm, which destroys
visibility and is extremely dangerous to travelers.

13: in the Jodo or Pure Land Buddhist sect of Japan, a state of grace
with Amida Buddha to which believers aspire.

14: a tingling in the mouth that proceeds to numbness (and possible
paralysis and death) following consumption of fugu (blowfish).

15: female imam: in the ranking of imams umami conveys infalibility
but it does not convey leadership.Only Fatimah al Zaheer, daugher of
Muhammed, has ever held this title.

16: a category of taste corresponding to the 'savoury' flavour of free
glutamates in various foods, esp. protein-rich fermented and aged ones
such as mature cheeses and soy sauce; spec. the flavour of monosodium
glutamate. Also: monosodium glutamate itself.

[JohnnyB]

Tim

Impossible choices - #14 and #16 for me - drawn out of the wide-blue-yonder with a far-eastern foodie touch

JohnnyB

[Dave Cunningham]

9 and 16 today ... though I would have thought 16 was from Mr.
Barrs ... <g>.

Dave

On Dec 13, 4:35 am, Tim Lodge <iel7j... (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 16 carefully-crafted defs of the word UMAMI, only one of
> which I found in my dictionary. Vote for TWO definitions, as a public
> forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline:
>
> 18:00 UTC on Friday 14th December, which is
> 1:00 PM EST
> 11:00 AM PST, all on the same day.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
> round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
> athttp://tinyurl.com/br3oc
>
> -- Tim L
>
> === UMAMI ===
>
> 1: [Jp.] Fresh water eel.
>
> 2: a kind of Inuit knife.
>
> 3: a Japanese pearl-diver.
>
> 4: [Swahili] a rhinoceros.
>
> 5: side-winding snake of the Sahara.
>
> 6: a wave suitable for surfing (fr. Jap.)
>
> 7: in Western Africa, the bridal ceremony.
>
> 8: an Eskimo snow knife used for building igloos.
>
> 9: [Swahili] a woman's garment made by wrapping fabric around the
> body.
>
> 10: a highly spiced dish consisting of roasted game birds minced and
> stewed in wine.
>
> 11: _Architecture_ an ornament in the form of a ball cupped in the
> petals of a circular flower.
>
> 12: (_Inuit_) a very thick, swirling snowstorm, which destroys
> visibility and is extremely dangerous to travelers.
>
> 13: in the Jodo or Pure Land Buddhist sect of Japan, a state of grace
> with Amida Buddha to which believers aspire.
>
> 14: a tingling in the mouth that proceeds to numbness (and possible
> paralysis and death) following consumption of fugu (blowfish).
>
> 15: female imam: in the ranking of imams umami conveys infalibility
> but it does not convey leadership.Only Fatimah al Zaheer, daugher of
> Muhammed, has ever held this title.
>
> 16: a category of taste corresponding to the 'savoury' flavour of free
> glutamates in various foods, esp. protein-rich fermented and aged ones
> such as mature cheeses and soy sauce; spec. the flavour of monosodium
> glutamate. Also: monosodium glutamate itself.

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Tim,

I missed getting in my definition in time, but I can at least vote.

There's a whole bunch of great defs that I'd like to reward with a point.
But since guessing the right def is my only option at scoring this round,
I'll follow the theory that dealers usually prefer not to combine real and
fake defs, so I'll vote for the two knifes of the Northern people:

> 2: a kind of Inuit knife.

> 8: an Eskimo snow knife used for building igloos.

Best, Hugo

[Chuck]

Tim -

They all look crafty for sure. How about -

9: [Swahili] a woman's garment made by wrapping fabric around the body.

and

14: a tingling in the mouth that proceeds to numbness (and possible
paralysis and death) following consumption of fugu (blowfish).

Thanks,

Chuck

[JohnnyB]

>
> 9 and 16 today ... though I would have thought 16 was from Mr. Barrs ... <g>.
>
> Dave

I don't know why you say that - I thought it was allowable tactics to vote for your own dafunition: I know that Paul did quite
recently. Not that I have done so in this case - maybe!!

JohnnyB

[Tim Bourne]

14 and 15, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Judy Madnick]

I'll go with a couple of animals -- the question is, which two?

Okay -- here they are!

<< 1: [Jp.] Fresh water eel.

<< 4: [Swahili] a rhinoceros.

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

[Judy Madnick]

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "France International" <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com>

<< Would go well with octopus.

Difficult choices . . . <G>

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

[France International]

Would go well with octopus.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy Madnick" <jmadnick (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:01 AM
Subject: [Dixonary] Re: Rnd 1866 UMAMI Defs - Vote Now


>
> I'll go with a couple of animals -- the question is, which two?
>
> Okay -- here they are!
>
> << 1: [Jp.] Fresh water eel.
>
> << 4: [Swahili] a rhinoceros.
>
> Judy Madnick
> Jacksonville, FL
>
>

[Bill Hirst]

I'll take a swirling snow of glutemates, 12 and 16.

-Bill

[Dodi Schultz]

Interesting word. Apparently Japanese, Inuit, or African.

I guess I'll have one from Column A and one from Column B: #2 and #6.

It's probably African. Or none of the above.

--Dodi

[Daniel B. Widdis]

13 and 14 please

--
Dan Widdis

[Christopher Carson]

I'll tumble for the knives - 2 and 8.

Chris

[Toni Savage]

1 because I thought of that and
16 because someone spent a lot of time on that!


-- Toni Savage

>
> === UMAMI ===
>
> 1: [Jp.] Fresh water eel.
> >
> 16: a category of taste corresponding to the
> 'savoury' flavour of free
> glutamates in various foods, esp. protein-rich fermented
> and aged ones
> such as mature cheeses and soy sauce; spec. the flavour of
> monosodium
> glutamate. Also: monosodium glutamate itself.

[Russ Heimerson]

Not seeing any that particularly jump out at me, I'll give votes to #14
and #16.

Russ

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll be totally uncreative and go with 1 and 16. As Mike said, they
go well with octopus.

Nancy