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mancala|mænˈkɑːlə|
Also mankalah, munckalah.
[ad. colloq. Arab. manḳala, f. naḳala to move.]
A board game, originally Arabic but now common throughout Africa and Asia, played by two players on a special board (see quot. 1952) the object of which is the capture of the opponent's pieces. Also used as a generic term for regional variations of the basic game.
[1813J. Galt Lett. from Levant xxix. 242, I saw there today a game... The Idriots call it Mandoli, or the Almonds, and it is played at a board by two persons.] 1836E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. iv. 46 One of the games most common among the Egyptians is that of the munckalah. 1877Encycl. Brit. VII. 726/2 They [sc. the Egyptians] are acquainted with..other games, among which is one peculiar to themselves, called Mankalah, and played with cowries. 1952H. J. R. Murray Hist. Board-Games vii. 158 Anthropologists use the term mancala for any similar game played on a board in which the pattern..usual for board-games is replaced by two, three, or four rows of holes deep enough to contain a number of pieces at the same time. 1969R. C. Bell Board & Table Games II. iv. 72 Ba-awa played by the Twi people of Ghana, is one of the simpler forms of mancala and appears to be extremely ancient. |