Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • modongo/midongo;
    Language: tsogo Translation: vieille marmite / marmite en terre cuite (de fabrication indigène), jatte, terrine
  • di`Ong`O"
    Language: bole Translation: art de la poterie
  • bodOngO"
    Language: lingala Translation: argile
  • ilOngO
    Language: lokele Translation: clay for pottery
  • El&Ong&O"
    Language: mongo Translation: argile noire (à cause semble-t-il de détritus de certaines plantes comme l'Alchornea); on y laisse pendant quelques jours du raphia, etc. pour leur donner une couleur très noire
  • ilOng&O/tOlOng&O"
    Language: lombole Translation: argile
  • esiongo"
    Language: logoli Translation: This pot is for storying and carrying water. It has a narrow neck to prevent spillage and to facilitate pouring. (The one illustrated is a small one for a child to carry)
  • múmba
    Language: pokomo Translation: potter
  • ulo3ngo"
    Language: nyika Translation: Lehm
  • ulongo"
    Language: giryama Translation: soil clay