Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • 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
  • -kanda"
    Language code: E51 Language: Gikuyu
    Translation: to knead
  • kIUngU
    Language code: E52 Language: embu
    Translation: pot, vessel
  • nyungu"
    Language code: E52 Language: embu
    Translation: (earthen) cooking pot
  • mariko
    Language code: E52 Language: embu
    Translation: hearthstone for putting pots on
  • ciiria
    Language code: E52 Language: embu
    Translation: metal pot
  • gUteng'eka
    Language code: E52 Language: embu
    Translation: put a pot on the fire
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