Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • utupi"
    Language code: P14 Language: ngindo
    Translation: dry clay
  • kijonjo/vijonjo"
    Language code: P14 Language: ngindo
    Translation: potsherd
  • liluli"
    Language code: P14 Language: ngindo
    Translation: lump
  • kuhuta"
    Language code: P14 Language: ngindo
    Translation: to pull a lump outwards with the fingers until it has become a hollow, demi-spherical shape
  • nayi"
    Language code: P14 Language: ngindo
    Translation: bevelled piece of wood, literally bamboo, the wood most frequently chosen for its smoothness, then comes into play to render the exterior surface uniform, whilst the actual lip is built up afresh and carefully edged with the same implement
  • muyi"
    Language code: P14 Language: ngindo
    Translation: potter
  • kupatula"
    Language code: P14 Language: ngindo
    Translation: to mould the underside of a pot
  • nembo"
    Language code: P14 Language: ngindo
    Translation: distinctive decorative fringe
  • likogotero"
    Language code: P14 Language: ngindo
    Translation: a sharp shell used to incise decorations in a pot
  • kukulungila"
    Language code: P14 Language: ngindo
    Translation: burnish the pot with a smooth pebble (libwe)
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