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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَنْقَلَة (manqala).

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Noun

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mancala (countable and uncountable, plural mancalas)

  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. [from 17th c.]
    • 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 109:
      Mameh could sit on the floor to play board games like mancala with her friends, or roll out a mat and lounge about.

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Borrowed from Arabic مَنْقَلَة (manqala).

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mancala m (plural mancales)

  1. mancala (family of two-person board games)

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /manˈkala/ [mãŋˈka.la]
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: man‧ca‧la

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mancala f (plural mancalas)

  1. mancala

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Verb

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mancala

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mancar combined with la