Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary
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Language code: S15 S51 S53 S61 Language: ndau, khambana, tsonga, copiTranslation: Three sihiso together inverted to make a kind of stove, on which a pot may rest for cooking purposes, the fire being lighted in the space between. -
Language code: S15 S51 S53 S61 Language: ndau, khambana, tsonga, copiTranslation: large water or beer pot with a smaller mouth and a pronounced neck -
Language code: S15 S51 S53 S61 Language: ndau, khambana, tsonga, copiTranslation: pot used for water or beer, has less neck -
Language code: S15 S51 S53 S61 Language: ndau, khambana, tsonga, copiTranslation: pot without a neck, used for cooking, or if small for medicine. Timbita are also sometimes used like the maseku to support a cooking-pot. These pots have no necks, so that it is easier to stir the food when it is being cooked. -
Language code: S21 Language: vendaTranslation: beer pot / the big beer-pot is between 2 and 3 feet in diameter; a large size can hold five gallons of beer. This type is only used for storing beer, and is kept in the special beer hut (Some chiefs also keep stores of beer in large holes sunk in the ground and lined with clay, which can contain many gallons). -
Language code: S21 Language: vendaTranslation: a chip or piece which cracks off a pot that is being fired -
Language code: S21 Language: vendaTranslation: a beer-pot of a size that is convenient for carrying; it is the type of pot in which beer is always served, and for that reason it is often decorated. -
Language code: S21 Language: vendaTranslation: smaller than mvubelo and used for cooking porridge -
Language code: S21 Language: vendaTranslation: smaller than mvubelo and slightly smaller than khali and used for cooking green foods -
Language code: S21 Language: vendaTranslation: flat and saucer-shaped pot, measuring about a foot in diameter. It is used for serving the tshisevho, never for cooking