Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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sikhelekho

Language code: J31c
Language name: bukusu
Translation: rarely made vessel in the form of a bowl with holes in the bottom. The holes are for straining salt from the ashes of certain shrubs and grasses. / salt-strainer
Noun class: 7-8
Tonality:
Reference: Wandibba 1989:49; Nangendo 1994:271
Proto
Protoform: protoform icon
Protosense: cooking-pot
Cross references
BLR links: 2821 , 2820