"Jenga" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili -jenga (“to construct, to build”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|sw|jenga|-jenga|to construct, to build|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Swahili -jenga (“to construct, to build”), {{bor+|en|sw|jenga|-jenga|to construct, to build}} Borrowed from Swahili -jenga (“to construct, to build”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Jenga
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Games Translations (game): 層層疊 (Chinese Cantonese), 层层叠 (cang⁴ cang⁴ dip⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 疊疊樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 叠叠乐 (Chinese Mandarin), huojuva torni (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Jenga-en-name-FithfIJs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 70 30 Topics: games Disambiguation of 'game': 100 0
  2. (figurative) Any activity that involves great precision with a risk of great failure. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-Jenga-en-name-naKQGAwi

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