Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • phomo"
    Language: venda Translation: graphite
  • dzhomela"
    Language: venda Translation: small spherical pots with thickened rims and rounded bases. Height about 12 cm. For drinking / Bag-shaped, sub-carinated pot with everted neck formed with well-defined point of inflection, rounded rim and rounded base. Height about 15 cm. Decorated with colour and design. For drinking beer.
  • bèlè"
    Language: venda Translation: a chip or piece which cracks off a pot that is being fired
  • tlhama
    Language: tswana Translation: pot for boiling beer in
  • kgale"
    Language: tswana Translation: a large refining pot
  • besa"
    Language: tswana Translation: to burn a pot
  • mogala"
    Language: tswana Translation: movable pot handle
  • moshushu"
    Language: tswana Translation: fixed pot handle
  • letshegò"
    Language: tswana Translation: large stone for supporting a pot
  • segwadi"
    Language: tswana Translation: a pot scraper