Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marabaraba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: marabara-ba
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An African board game, still played regularly.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We rest at the viewpoint after an easy hour of walking, and our guide teaches us some finer points of Marabaraba, a board game hastily drawn on a sandstone rock, with little stones for “cows”. https://web.archive.org/web/20060710035511/http://www.seelesotho.com/travel/cities/towns_menu.htm"
"The murals, themselves subject to the cycle of nature and life, are an impermanent art, requiring annual renewal because they are washed off by the rain. Some mural designs depict objects such as women's coiffure, initiation masks or the board for marabaraba, a popular game like checkers, van Wyk said. https://web.archive.org/web/20100627234800/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol20/vol20_iss6/record2006.17.html"
"https://web.archive.org/web/20061002050247/http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/classroom/pages/guidelines-mapungubwe.htm"

Etymology

Shangaan: marabaraba

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Morabaraba (alternative)

Questions

What does marabaraba mean?: An African board game, still played regularly.
Where does marabaraba come from?: Shangaan: marabaraba

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