<div dir="ltr">Hi Ian,<div><div><br></div><div>While in standard Dutch, Flemish and Frisian this game is commonly known by its compositional names (cf. <a href="https://taalverhalen.be/minionderzoekje/een-open-hand-een-vuist-en-twee-vingers/">https://taalverhalen.be/minionderzoekje/een-open-hand-een-vuist-en-twee-vingers/</a>), there was a similar game played in the Dutch East Indies that was called by the non-compositional name <i>soeten</i> ('to<i> soet</i>', see the first page on <a href="http://www.indischhistorisch.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Anthonio_kinderspelletjes.pdf">http://www.indischhistorisch.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Anthonio_kinderspelletjes.pdf</a>). This name is derived from its Indonesian name <i>suwit - suit </i>or <i>sut </i>(<a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suit">https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suit</a>, see also, for example, <a href="https://www.kompasiana.com/widikurniawan/60f979c17aa97822be2a9732/cara-suit-yang-perlahan-punah-semut-gajah-manusia">https://www.kompasiana.com/widikurniawan/60f979c17aa97822be2a9732/cara-suit-yang-perlahan-punah-semut-gajah-manusia</a>, also <i>gamsit</i>, <a href="https://warisanbudaya.kemdikbud.go.id/?newdetail&detailCatat=7180">https://warisanbudaya.kemdikbud.go.id/?newdetail&detailCatat=7180</a>)<i>.</i> It is known as <i>pingsut </i>in Javanese (<a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingsut">https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingsut</a>) and <i>suten </i>in Sundanese (<a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suten">https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suten</a>). Instead of rock, paper (or leaf) and scissors and the whole hand (this game is literally translated as <i>batu, gunting, kertas</i> or <i>suwit jepang</i> 'Japanese <i>suwit</i>', <a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_gunting_kertas">https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_gunting_kertas</a>), the game uses elephant, man and ant and three fingers.</div><div><br></div><div>In using animals, I guess it is similar to the Japanese game of <i>mushi-ken</i> (虫拳), which originated in China (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansukumi-ken">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansukumi-ken</a>).</div></div><div><br></div><div>Best, Tim.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 2 May 2022 at 16:30, JOO, Ian [Student] <<a href="mailto:ian.joo@connect.polyu.hk">ian.joo@connect.polyu.hk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Dear all,</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">I’m making a list of non-compositional words for the rock-paper-scissors game or similar games.</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">In other words, I’m looking for words for “rock-paper-scissors” that do not consist of words for “rock”, “paper”, and “scissors”, or any other meanings, such as German Schnick Schanck Schnuck, Thai bpao ying choop,
etc.</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">I would much appreciate it if you could share with me any words for this game or its kind that do not consist of meaningful words.</span></div>
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>From Korea,
<div dir="auto">Ian</div>
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