Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • nyangavya"
    Language code: G67 Language: kisi
    Translation: small hemispherical pot, fairly open at the top, used either for frying meat, fish or as a bowl for mboga (relish).
  • lwansilu/nsilu"
    Language code: G67 Language: kisi
    Translation: small pot used as a regular frying pot for fish, meat and cooking vegetables, beans, ...
  • lifuniko"
    Language code: G67 Language: kisi
    Translation: lid/cover, shaped like the brim of a hat, used as a general lid on all pots, especially cooking pots
  • kikomelo"
    Language code: G67 Language: kisi
    Translation: digging stick (iron rod with one side bladed)
  • kitundu"
    Language code: G67 Language: kisi
    Translation: basket
  • kitumbulilo"
    Language code: G67 Language: kisi
    Translation: scraping tool to further enlarge the inner space (capacity), scoop out unwanted thickness, and generally smoothen the pot on the inside
  • sekuroro"
    Language code: G67 Language: kisi
    Translation: teapots, cups, saucers
  • kiteleku"
    Language code: G67 Language: kisi
    Translation: (earthen) cooking pot
  • lifigha,mafigha"
    Language code: G67 Language: kisi
    Translation: hearthstone for putting pots on
  • likopo
    Language code: G67 Language: kisi
    Translation: metal pot
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