Jenga
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Swahili -jenga (“to construct, to build”).[1]
Proper noun
editJenga
- (games) A game where players take turns removing wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, in which the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to collapse.
- (figurative) Any activity that involves great precision with a risk of great failure.
Translations
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References
edit- ^ Arthur Cornwallis Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (1903)