Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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-wumb- umba

Language code: K11
Language name: cokwe
Translation: façonner argile à poterie/mould, shape/1. fazer ou construir de barro (como as termitas, as andorinhas, etc.), moldar, plasmar 2. comprimir, concentrar ou apertar num todo homogéneo; formar camada espressa, cercar, envoler ou cobrir com uma camada espessa 3) tornar compacto, denso, basto
Noun class: 15
Tonality: L
Reference: Kanyamwiba 1982:46; 117; Mac Jannet 1949:95; Barbosa 1973:563; Van Den Eynde 1960:24
Proto
Protoform: protoform icon
Protosense: to work clay
Cross references
BLR links: 333 , 332 , 331 , 4219 , 4220