Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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mbiyâ

Language code: N31b
Language name: chewa
Translation: beer brewing pot; huge earthen pot often used to store beer /euphemism for cemetry
Noun class: 9-10
Tonality: L-S
Reference: Botne & Kulemeka 1995:72; Bostoen 1999 Fieldnotes
Proto
Protoform: protoform icon
Protosense: clay pot (generic)
Cross references
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