[Fictionary] LOVAT results

[Pierre Abbat]

On Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:04:41 AM EDT Jim Moskowitz wrote:
> lovat - n. - a Mongolian meat stew simmered with onions and spices.  HELEN
>    Pierre: 2 points
>    Hutch: 1 point — Similar to the Hungarian word, it feels like it could be
> Mongolian as well ... mostly because I don't know any Mongolian, I suspect.
> 1 point Joe: 1 point — Yum!
>    Jean-Joseph: Since we have some new players this round, I guess it's
> appropriate that somebody submitted a definition for something prepared in
> a yurt. It's been a while! Elliott: Vowel harmony def #1.
>    Eric: My new plan is to never vote for any Mongolian definition,
> Mongolian has only one word and that word is "yurt".

Actually it's "ger". "Yurt" is Turkic.

> lovat - n., pl. lovatok - a Hungarian equestrian competition judged on style
> and skill rather than speed.   PIERRE Hutch: 2 points — Pretty sure that
> basically all "equestrian" competitions are judged on style and skill;
> speed is always merely a tie-breaker. If speed is the primary factor in
> determining the winner, the competition is referred to as a "race".
> Nonetheless, somehow this feels right, as an eastern European word. 2
> points Elliott: 1 point — Vowel harmony def #2.  "Rather than speed"
> doesn't sound like it belongs in a definition, somehow.  One point.
> Jean-Joseph: That does look like the way you might form a plural in
> Hungarian (ex. lake = to, lakes = tavak). But that also makes it a bit too
> foreign to likely be a word that you'd pick. Ziv: My linguist senses are
> tingling for this one---I believe you that this could be a Hungarian word.
> But I can't imagine the Hungarian plural making it into English usage...

It actually is a Hungarian word; it's the accusative of "ló", which means 
horse. I knew "ló" when I wrote the def, but not its declension.

What do you think is the correct English plural of "gömböc"?

Pierre

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