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General Category => Words => Topic started by: perdita on August 16, 2020, 04:59:45 PM

Title: SPOILER: Word suggestion for Sunday’s puzzle
Post by: perdita on August 16, 2020, 04:59:45 PM

Hi there!
I tried the word tsampa, which was not recognised.

It’s the staple diet of  Tibetans.
Roasted barley flour.
I read about this as a child (many  years ago) in a series of books by Lobsang Rampa, somehow the word  has stayed in my brain.
A google search certainly mentions it too.
What do you think?
Perdita

Title: Re: Word suggestion for Sunday’s puzzle
Post by: 2dognight on August 16, 2020, 05:53:28 PM

Hi Perdita

Having eaten tsampa along with Yak butter tea [plus Yak hairs]
I would not be sorry should I never see the word again

Carol
 

Title: Re: SPOILER: Word suggestion for Sunday’s puzzle
Post by: les303 on August 16, 2020, 06:48:56 PM

yuk

Title: Re: SPOILER: Word suggestion for Sunday’s puzzle
Post by: Alan W on August 17, 2020, 09:37:10 PM

The Merriam-Webster dictionary and Wiktionary both list tsampa, as a variant form of tsamba, which is already accepted in Chi. But, from what I can see, the tsampa version is the one used more frequently.

In any case, I'll add tsampa to the Chi lexicon, as a rare word.