'to travel') destroying the nyumba by continuing a mtaji sowing from it sanaa (lit. 'professor') (grand)master rejesha bao (also rudisha bao) to undo moves in Bao rusha kete to throw kete safari (lit. 'house') square hole piga tanji to attack several houses at the same time piganisha nyumba to have both houses under attack profesa (lit. seeds played in the namu stage (Ingrams 1921) namua (also nemo, namu, ng'amua or kunamua) (from namua, 'to get out of a trap' (Townshend 1982)) to play the namu stage nemo see namu (on Lamu Boyd 1977, Townshend 1982) ng'amua see namua (de Voogt 1995) nyuma (lit. trap mwalimu (Bao) teacher honorable title for strong players and also for honorable people, as Julius Nyere, the first president of Tanzania (and Bao sponsor, although the mwalimu title is not related to this fact) mwamuzi referee namu 1. hole with enough kete to capture (in the mtaji stage) 3. mitaji) (probably from tajiri: 'getting rich') 1. 'in the hand') a victory in the namua stage mtoano knockout system in tournaments mshindaji 1. 'city') synonymous to nyumba mkononi (lit. 'in front') front row mchezaji player mchezo game mji (lit. 'logic') Bao talent (gift of understanding Bao) mashindano ya Bao Bao tournament mbele (lit. 'our wealth' (Townshend 1982)) safe seeds in the outer row mantiki (lit. 'to sleep') stopping a move lengo goal ligi league mali yetu (lit. 'eminent', 'bigger') synonymous to nyumba (used on Lamu) lala (lit. 'eat') to capture seeds kupanda (also kupanga) (from panda, 'to arrange') initial position kuu (lit. 'big one of the plan') see nyumba kula (lit. incorrect term for toboa komwe seeds of the mkomwe ( Caesalpinia bonduc) used as counters in Lamu (see also kete) kubwa ya mpango (lit. play of seeds with one seed hidden in the palm 3. special trap (not specified de Voogt 1995) 2. 'residence') meeting place of bao clubs kimbi (perhaps related to kimbia or mbio meaning respectively 'run away' and 'very fast' (Townshend 1982)) ultimate and penultimate holes on either end of the front row (the ultimate holes are also known as vichwa) note that according to de Voogt only the penultimate holes are called kimbi kinamuzi seed that plays namua kitakimbi to attack a kimbi kitakomwe 1. 'head') first or ultimate hole in the front row kikao (lit. 'cowrie') counters (originally only used for cowrie shells see also komwe and solo) khatima see hatima (de Voogt 1995) kichwa (pl.

'capable', 'clever', 'strong') skilled (used to describe excellent play) kete (lit. 'those our') reserving threatened kete of the opponent in the mtaji stage, so that they may not lifted (a pecularity at the Kenya coast (Townshend 1982) hodari (lit. 'end', 'conclusion') foresight hizi zetu (lit. 'there is nothing inside') winning by capturing all opponent's kete in his front row hatima (also misspelled as khatima) (lit. 'store') large hole to store the seeds used in the namu stage gosa to end one captured seed in an endhole hamna (or bao hamna) (lit. 'expert', 'someone skillful') master ghala (lit. 'to keep on') continuing the move in another lap fani skill (de Voogt 1995) fundi (lit. 'turn', 'rotation') round(s) enda mrima kusini ('going to the southern coast') playing without knowing where the move ends endelea (lit. 'Bao Society') an umbrella organization of Bao clubs in Tanzania (founded in 1966) cheza kamari to play for money, gamble chumba (lit.

Hall 1953) bawo (a Swahili borrowing used in Yao, Malawi, for: bao (1) bingwa (lit. a Bao board bao hamna see hamna bao kiswahili (or bao la kiswahili) occasionally used to distinguish Bao from other mancala games (first by de Z. 'to squeeze bao') to prevent that the opponent enters his back row bao (pl. 'border', 'limit') see hatima amua bilisi to try one's luck bana bao (lit.

Mancala strategy going second