Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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n'd&aka

Language code: E51
Language name: Gikuyu
Translation: When thoroughly dry the clay is placed in an elliptical hole in the ground 24 in. by 19 in. lined with banana leaves; it is then moistened into a plastic mass, and it is at once ready for use. It is now known as n'daka
Noun class: 9-10
Tonality: H
Reference: Routledge & Routledge 1910:98
Proto
Protoform: protoform icon
Protosense: soil, earth
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BLR links: 2740