Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary
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Language: ila Translation: potsherd -
Language: ila Translation: a piece of a broken pot, calabash -
Language: ila Translation: a piece of a broken pot, calabash, used to drink out of -
Language: tonga Translation: potsherd -
Language: xhosa (mpondo) Translation: small pots of a variety of shapes, with cut or rounded rims and flattened or projecting bases. Height about 13-17 cm. Decorated with colour and graphic design. No neck. Used for drinking and serving beer. -
Language: xhosa (mpondo) Translation: small pots of a variety of shapes, with cut or rounded rims and flattened or projecting bases. Height about 13-17 cm. Decorated with colour and graphic design. No neck. Used for drinking and serving beer. -
Language: xhosa (bomvana) Translation: deep and shallow straight-sided bowls with rounded rims and rounded bases, without neck. Mouth diameter between 22 and 25 cm. Decorated by notching rims. Shallow type probably for serving food and deep variety for serving and drinking beer/spherical and barrel-shaped and elongated bag-shaped pots. Height 20-25 cm. Undecorated and decorated. Used for drinking and serving beer. -
Language: xhosa (bomvana) Translation: deep and shallow straight-sided bowls with rounded rims and rounded bases, without neck. Mouth diameter between 22 and 25 cm. Decorated by notching rims. Shallow type probably for serving food and deep variety for serving and drinking beer/spherical and barrel-shaped and elongated bag-shaped pots. Height 20-25 cm. Undecorated and decorated. Used for drinking and serving beer.