mfalme

 

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mfalme

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• (obsolete) mfaume

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mfalme (m-wa class, plural wafalme)

1. king (a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation)
2. (chess) king
3. (card games) king

• mwanamfalme
• ufalme

Chess pieces in Swahili · kete za sataranji (see also: sataranji, chesi) (layout · text)
shaha, shehe, mfalme, kete kuu	malkia	ngome	sataranja, padre	farasi, jemadari	kitunda

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)
ree, rea, rei	mbili	tatu	nne	tano	sita	saba
nane	tisa	kumi	ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu	malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi	mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha	jokari