Swahili
sataranji
sa-ta-RAN-ji
How to say it
Swahilisataranjisa-ta-RAN-jisoon
Englishchesssoon
Frenchéchecssoon
Meaning
chess, the board game; also a kind of sleeping mat.
Good to know
chess; a kind of sleep- ing-mat
Examples
- Watoto walicheza sataranji ukumbini.The children played chess in the hall.
- Bibi alilala juu ya sataranji.Grandmother slept on the sleeping mat.
- Je, unajua kucheza sataranji?Do you know how to play chess?
- Hawakuwa na sataranji ya kutosha kwa wageni wote.They did not have enough sleeping mats for all the guests.
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