Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • esongo"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: water pot with spherical body with conical base and constricted neck. There are various sizes and the very large ones with wider necks are used for brewing beer and storage. / water pot
  • enungilo/chinungilo"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: cooking pot for vegetables and meat.
  • sikhonya
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: pot for for cooking meat for the head of the family
  • sipanga/bipanga
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: pot with convex walls tapering off slightly towards the base with neck or medium width and flaring the rims
  • esachi"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: pot with convex walls tapering off slightly towards the base with neck or medium width and flaring the rims / beer pot, sometimes serves as a cooking pot
  • enjikha/chinjikha"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: pot used for large beer parties and for storage
  • namunwa
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: ritual pot used in ceremonies associated with the birth of twins
  • kumubende"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: ritual pot used in cleansing ceremonies
  • sikhelekho"
    Language code: J31c Language: 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
  • omubumbi/babumbi"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: potter
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