Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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riumba; li-um&-ba; ri~umba/mar~i~umba

Language code: E51
Language name: Gikuyu
Translation: potting clay / the finished product is a perfectly smooth, even, fine sand, which is stored for futur use in a half calabash/ potter's sand, prepared mixture of sand and clay
Noun class: 5-6
Tonality:
Reference: Brown 1989:87; Routledge & Routledge 1910:99; Benson 1964:553
Proto
Protoform: protoform icon
Protosense: pottery clay
Cross references
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