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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Kibitka Results! #196522 01/24/11 09:04 AM Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth bexter OP addict OP bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth Here are the results for Kibitka... I am sorry to say wofa but your armil theory has been destroyed once again! (Sorry!)...elifit, AlimaeHP and tsuwm all got the right answer and Buff - you can't vote twice! (even for two different answers! ) Well done all and thanks for participating...I will put up another word tomorrow I think... A Kibitka - an indigenous North American card game which often attracts many spectators, due to the vocal and sometimes physical nature of the play [tsuwm] BranShea B Kibitka - Javanese wraparound baby sling, made of a length of batik which is secured by a knot in a sash style position [Candy] wofahulicodoc C Kibitka – a type of Russian hooded sled often used as a movable habitation [True Definition] elifit, AlimaeHP, tsuwm D Kibitka - One of the many diminishing native languages spoken by residents in a quiet corner of the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the Russian Far East. [LukeJavan8] E Kibitka - n female ceremonial headwear on the occasion of wedding in the Belarusian tradition [BranShea] Faldage F Kibitka - the first dog (if a female) born in a litter of sled dogs (Inuit) [Buffalo Shrdlu] Avy G Kibitka - a Polish sausage made from a mixture of goat meat and pork, flavoured with garlic, sage, fennel, and basil. [Faldage] LukeJavan8, olly H Kibitka - n a specialised Inuit knife with a curved blade [Jackie] I Kibitka - an island in the North Pacific Ocean, westernmost of the Aleutian chain, 250 km (155 mi) off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Still under Russian sovereignty. [ wofahulicodoc] Jackie J Kibitka - colloquial term for "nice lady", comes from Polish kobitka: "nice woman", long o changing into short i in order to follow original stress pattern in which the second syllable is stressed. [elifit] Buffalo Shrdlu, Candy Oh and here is a picture of a kibitka... ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Kibitka Results! bexter #196524 01/24/11 01:06 PM Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 33 Poland elifit newbie elifit newbie Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 33 Poland yupi I won Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Kibitka Results! elifit #196526 01/24/11 02:19 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water Good round, Bexter. Look forward to your next endeavor. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Kibitka Results! bexter #196528 01/24/11 05:52 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass there are a couple of old lexicographer's precepts that go like this: a) be brief, b) keep it simple. these predate online dictionaries, which seemingly have less stringent space requirements, but. anyway, applying these, and also considering a comment in the voting thread regarding Too Much Information, I arrived, as I mentioned in the event, at the choice of C or H. in fact, I was just about to pull the trigger on H when it struck me that not even the OED uses an obvious Brit. spelling such as "specialised" within their definitions! (sorry, Jackie - too clever by half. : ) -joe (but I couldn't avoid the kibbutz play in my own def'n) friday ___ btw, bex, you didn't mention the source for your True Definition.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Kibitka Results! tsuwm #196530 01/24/11 07:44 PM Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth bexter OP addict OP bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth Oh sorry! It was from my large Oxford English Dictionary...not very obscure but no-one knew what it was! ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Kibitka Results! bexter #196547 01/25/11 03:57 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Here's the War and Peace version of the kibitka + snow Never knew the thing existed. So a new word for a new object. Thank you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Kibitka Results! BranShea #196555 01/25/11 10:14 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under I knew they existed but not what they were called. I liked your one Bran, but it was too close to mine, so I thought it an untruth I was persuaded by your background knowledge elifit good first go. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Kibitka Results! Candy #196559 01/25/11 11:11 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Yeh.. I wonder, but I suppose I will never get the true unthruth about the vocal and physical nature of a nonexisting cardgame. Quote: due to the vocal and sometimes physical nature of the play [tsuwm] BranShea Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Kibitka Results! BranShea #196562 01/25/11 11:17 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under I cheated played a lot of card games but never for money, so guess I can't help (never took it seriously enough). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Kibitka Results! BranShea #196574 01/25/11 03:17 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >I wonder, but I suppose I will never get the true unthruth about the vocal and physical nature of a nonexisting cardgame. I have a mental picture of kibitzers (not to be confused with kibbutzes, which I seem to do) gone out of control. 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