Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • chìmbìy&a
    Language code: S10 Language: shona
    Translation: pot used to prepare meat or vegetables / small earthenware bowl in which side-dish is served
  • mbìy&a"
    Language code: S10 Language: shona
    Translation: general name for bowl (gen. earthenware) in which relish is served
  • chìmbìy&a/mbìy&a/kàmbìy&a"
    Language code: S13 Language: manyika
    Translation: big potsherd
  • mb“i3a;
    Language code: S21 Language: venda
    Translation: pipe bowl carved from soapstone, for hemp-smoking
  • lev~ea/l“ip~ea
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: Scherbe, Feuer- oder Kohlenbecken / old broken claypot used as a washing bassin
  • tshagana/ditshagana"
    Language code: S32 Language: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    Translation: a small clay pot in which porridge is left to ferment
  • isitja;
    Language code: S407 Language: ndebele (South Africa)
    Translation: vessel
  • isitsha;
    Language code: S42 Language: zulu
    Translation: vessel, receptacle, dish, plate, utensil
  • s&Ktja;
    Language code: S43 Language: swati
    Translation: dish, vessel, utensil
  • xibya/zibya"
    Language code: S51 Language: tswa
    Translation: a dish