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Word of the Day – Morabaraba

By January 9, 2021Word of the Day

Morabaraba (noun) (South African)

mo-ra-ba-ra-ba

A traditional game of strategy played using stones which are placed and moved on rows of small holes in the ground, or on lines on a board or large stone, etc., the object being to capture all of one’s opponent’s pieces.

1950s. From Southern Sotho moraba-raba, perhaps lit. ‘mill’ from mo- singular noun prefix + raba-raba to go round in a circle.

Example sentences

“We often passed the afternoon by on the porch with games of morabaraba”

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