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