mancala

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْقَلَة (manqala).

noun

  1. (board games) Any of various board games, common throughout Africa and Asia, in which a move consists of emptying a pit and then its contents are sown one by one into ensuing pits.
    Mameh could sit on the floor to play board games like mancala with her friends, or roll out a mat and lounge about. 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 109

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