Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • muonwa"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: mat on which pot is put to be constructed
  • matu"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: handles or lugs on small pots
  • nyondo"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: handles or lugs on large pots
  • ruthine"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: firewood
  • m'b&K-u
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: clay for pottery (just after extraction)
  • n'd&aka"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: When thoroughly dry the clay is placed in an elliptical hole in the ground 24 in. by 19 in. lined with banana leaves; it is then moistened into a plastic mass, and it is at once ready for use. It is now known as n'daka
  • kitar&uru"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: a tray particularly used for winnowing grain, as also sand in pottery-making. It is made of the plant mug&io.
  • di-gi&
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: pot to hold toilet grease
  • mun&
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: a bar of clay
  • ~u~umbi;
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: uumbi: shaping, creating, forming / uumbo= creation, formation
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