Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • kibanji"
    Language code: E41 Language: logoli
    Translation: the largest pot is mad for brewing beer. Smaller sizes are used for storing grain and cooking
  • engogoto"
    Language code: E41 Language: logoli
    Translation: a wet seed pot used to smooth to both the inside and outside when the pot is about seven inches high
  • olusitilu"
    Language code: E41 Language: logoli
    Translation: roulette made of knotted nylon or grass
  • oluwe"
    Language code: E41 Language: logoli
    Translation: wooden roulette
  • esiongo"
    Language code: E41 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)
  • oluvindi"
    Language code: E41 Language: logoli
    Translation: a small kibanji. It is used for cooking meat or vegetables
  • eyanguluga"
    Language code: E41 Language: logoli
    Translation: a neckless or hole-mouth pot with a wide mouth and is used for storing and cooking
  • muiga"
    Language code: E41 Language: logoli
    Translation: pot for cooking fish. This also has no neck but has two lugs. It is similar to and possibly derived from the Luo fish pot.
  • oludju"
    Language code: E41 Language: logoli
    Translation: bowl used to eat from. This may be made from red clay covered with a red slip and polished with a pebble
  • inyingu
    Language code: E41 Language: logoli
    Translation: a recent innovation. It is used as a flower vase and has a flat bottom and four small funnels for inserting the flowers through
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