Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • liloba"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: potting clay
  • siumbwa"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: clay source
  • kupakha
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: fermenting the clay
  • lususi"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: an old grinding stone, where the clay is put on to start potting
  • engoro"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: wooden mallet, used to repeatedly strike a lump of clay
  • ekhupilo"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: wooden mallet, used to repeatedly strike a lump of clay
  • lukaraya"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: an old metal trough, where a pot is made in, which acts as a turntable
  • lusala"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: stick to smoothen the outer surface of the pot to make sure that the coils are properly fixed
  • ekhayi"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: a piece of broken gourd or elliptical pod (seedcase from the sikayu plant) used to smoothen the inner part of the pot to levelize the pot
  • embako"
    Language code: J31c Language: bukusu
    Translation: hoe
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