[Dixonary] Round 2049 BINTURONG Defs - Vote now!

[Tim Lodge]

Here are 17 imaginative suggestions for the meaning of BINTURONG.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
one), before the deadline:

09:00 BST on Thursday 22nd October
08:00 UTC
4:00 AM EDT
1:00 AM PDT
19:00 Melbourne time all on the same day, and

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/ktw5pq

-- Tim L


*** BINTURONG ***


1: a sandal-strap.

2: a street market [Mal.]

3: the local god of a house.

4: [Arizona - possibly Hopi] a female burro.

5: [Malay.] a lateen-rigged sailing vessel.

6: a long cloak with a hood, often trimmed with fur.

7: a wide cloth waist sash worn by women of Indonesia.

8: [Malay] a lidded woven basket used for pit-steaming shellfish.

9: an obsolete unit of Siamese currency, roughly equal to 144 baht.

10: an edible dark-coloured Australian noctuid moth, _Agrotis infusa_.

11: a ladle or dipper, used for drinking at wells and cisterns.
[Malay]

12: a prehensile-tailed civet, _Arctictis binturong_, found in
southern Asia.

13: token of defiance or challenge; thing deposited as pledge of
performance.

14: a Cambodian criminal society, originally established as a
collective of rice farmers.

15: a garment much like a sarong (_q.v._) but extending from the
shoulders to the ankles.

16: a coming-of-age celebration among some Australian aboriginal
peoples for males who have reached the age of 19.

17: [Hind.] the set of guidelines embodying the principles of
asceticism; a group of individuals living by such principles.

[France International]

Tim,

I confirm I am DQ.

Mike

[John Barrs]

Tim

I'll go for the two with latin names - the edible moth and the twisty-tailed
cat - #10 and #12 please

JohnnyB


>
> 10: an edible dark-coloured Australian noctuid moth, _Agrotis infusa_.
>
>
> 12: a prehensile-tailed civet, _Arctictis binturong_, found
> in southern Asia.
>

[Judy Madnick]

<< 7: a wide cloth waist sash worn by women of Indonesia.

<< 15: a garment much like a sarong (_q.v._) but extending from
<< the
<< shoulders to the ankles.

Judy Madnick

[Tim B]

5 or 7, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Dodi Schultz]

I'll try #9 and #13.

--Dodi

[EnDash@aol.com]

I will hazard a guess at numbers 13 and 16.

-- Dick Weltz


In a message dated 10/20/2009 3:48:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
5sfwiyj02 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com writes:

*** BINTURONG ***

[Dave Cunningham]

10 and 12 for the fauna vit.



On Oct 20, 3:47*pm, Tim Lodge <5sfwiy... (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 17 imaginative suggestions for the meaning of BINTURONG.
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
> one), before the deadline:
>
> * * * * * * * * 09:00 BST on Thursday 22nd October
> * * * * * * * * 08:00 UTC
> * * * * * * * * *4:00 AM EDT
> * * * * * * * * *1:00 AM PDT
> * * * * * * * * 19:00 Melbourne time all on the same day, and
>
> 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/ktw5pq
>
> -- *Tim L
>
> **** BINTURONG ***
>
> *1: a sandal-strap.
>
> *2: a street market [Mal.]
>
> *3: the local god of a house.
>
> *4: [Arizona - possibly Hopi] a female burro.
>
> *5: [Malay.] *a lateen-rigged sailing vessel.
>
> *6: a long cloak with a hood, often trimmed with fur.
>
> *7: a wide cloth waist sash worn by women of Indonesia.
>
> *8: [Malay] a lidded woven basket used for pit-steaming shellfish.
>
> *9: an obsolete unit of Siamese currency, roughly equal to 144 baht.
>
> 10: an edible dark-coloured Australian noctuid moth, _Agrotis infusa_.
>
> 11: a ladle or dipper, used for drinking at wells and cisterns.
> [Malay]
>
> 12: a prehensile-tailed civet, _Arctictis binturong_, found in
> southern Asia.
>
> 13: token of defiance or challenge; thing deposited as pledge of
> performance.
>
> 14: a Cambodian criminal society, originally established as a
> collective of rice farmers.
>
> 15: a garment much like a sarong (_q.v._) but extending from *the
> shoulders to the ankles.
>
> 16: a coming-of-age celebration among some Australian aboriginal
> peoples for males who have reached the age of 19.
>
> 17: [Hind.] the set of guidelines embodying the principles of
> asceticism; a group of individuals living by such principles.

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 7 and 17.

Guerri

Tim Lodge wrote:
>
> 7: a wide cloth waist sash worn by women of Indonesia.
>
> 17: [Hind.] the set of guidelines embodying the principles of
> asceticism; a group of individuals living by such principles.

[Jim Hart]

I'll take a couple of Malay defs - 2 and 5

Jim

[Chuck]

Tim -

An interesting collection, I'll try -

7: a wide cloth waist sash worn by women of Indonesia.

and

14: a Cambodian criminal society, originally established as a collective
of rice farmers.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Christopher Carson]

7 and 15 for me.

Chris

[Toni Savage]

4 because it's odd and 13 because it's a twofer.


-- Toni Savage


--- On Tue, 10/20/09, Tim Lodge <5sfwiyj02 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:

> From: Tim Lodge <5sfwiyj02 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2049 BINTURONG Defs - Vote now!
> To: "Dixonary" <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 3:47 PM
>
> Here are 17 imaginative suggestions for the meaning of
> BINTURONG.
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in
> reply to this
> one), before the deadline:
>
> * * * * * * * *
> 09:00 BST on Thursday 22nd October
> * * * * * * * *
> 08:00 UTC
> * * * * * * *
> ***4:00 AM EDT
> * * * * * * *
> ***1:00 AM PDT
> * * * * * * * *
> 19:00 Melbourne time all on the same day, and
>
> 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/ktw5pq
>
> --* Tim L
>
>
> *** BINTURONG ***
>
>
> 1: a sandal-strap.
>
> 2: a street market [Mal.]
>
> 3: the local god of a house.
>
> 4: [Arizona - possibly Hopi] a female burro.
>
> 5: [Malay.]* a lateen-rigged sailing vessel.
>
> 6: a long cloak with a hood, often trimmed with fur.
>
> 7: a wide cloth waist sash worn by women of Indonesia.
>
> 8: [Malay] a lidded woven basket used for pit-steaming
> shellfish.
>
> 9: an obsolete unit of Siamese currency, roughly equal to
> 144 baht.
>
> 10: an edible dark-coloured Australian noctuid moth,
> _Agrotis infusa_.
>
> 11: a ladle or dipper, used for drinking at wells and
> cisterns.
> [Malay]
>
> 12: a prehensile-tailed civet, _Arctictis binturong_, found
> in
> southern Asia.
>
> 13: token of defiance or challenge; thing deposited as
> pledge of
> performance.
>
> 14: a Cambodian criminal society, originally established as
> a
> collective of rice farmers.
>
> 15: a garment much like a sarong (_q.v._) but extending
> from* the
> shoulders to the ankles.
>
> 16: a coming-of-age celebration among some Australian
> aboriginal
> peoples for males who have reached the age of 19.
>
> 17: [Hind.] the set of guidelines embodying the principles
> of
> asceticism; a group of individuals living by such
> principles.
>

[Daniel B. Widdis]

13 and 16, and sorry for missing def deadline.

--
Dan Widdis

[Millie Morgan]

3 and 7 for me thanks Tim

>3: the local god of a house.
>7: a wide cloth waist sash worn by women of Indonesia.


Millie